🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

supplicante

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /sup.pliˈkan.te/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Beseecher/bɪˈsiː.tʃər/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il supplicante chiese aiuto con le lacrime agli occhi."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A person who asks for something urgently and fervently; an entreater or supplicant.

    "Standing at the gates of the palace, the beseecher begged the king for mercy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'beseech', originating from Middle English 'beseechen', combining the intensive prefix 'be-' and Old English 'sēcan' (to seek). The agent suffix '-er' was later added to denote a person who performs the action of imploring or entreating.

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