supplicates
Pleads on knees
Supplicates means to ask humbly and earnestly, often with a sense of pleading or desperation.
The word carries religious overtones—one supplicates God or a deity for mercy or favor: She supplicates daily for her son's recovery.
More broadly, to supplicate is to beg or entreat anyone in a position of power: He supplicated the judge for leniency.
Urge with desperation
- entreatPlead urgently with someone
- pleadAsk urgently or formally
- beseechPlead urgently with someone
- petitionFormal written appeal
appeal · invoke · adjure · importune · exhort · crave · sue · conjure
Humbly unassertive
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- deferentialShowing humble submission
- lowlyModest in status
penitent · contrite · prostrate · abject · beseeching · self-effacing · obsequious · servile
Religious reverence and praise
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- pietySincere religious devotion
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- faithTrust without proof
homage · adoration · consecration · spirituality · fervor · zeal · devotion · observance
Address a deity
- kneelBend legs to ground
- altarSacred ritual table
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
litany · intercession · psalm · hymn · mantra · meditation · sanctuary · chapel
implore
Urge with desperation
petition · appeal · invoke · adjure · importune · exhort · crave · sue · conjure · besiege
meek
Humbly unassertive
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- deferentialShowing humble submission
lowly · penitent · contrite · prostrate · abject · beseeching · self-effacing · obsequious · servile · reverent
worship
Religious reverence and praise
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
- pietySincere religious devotion
- venerationProfound admiring respect
faith · homage · adoration · consecration · spirituality · fervor · zeal · devotion · observance · sacrifice
pray
Address a deity
invocation · litany · intercession · psalm · hymn · mantra · meditation · sanctuary · chapel · sacred
supplicatesdominates
Exerts supreme control
lords over · condescends · towers over · bullies · intimidates
supplicatesdominates
Exerts supreme control
rules · lords over · tyrannizes · subjugates · controls
supplication, supplicate, supplicating, supplications, supplicated