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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Supplicating, vbl. n. [Supplicat v.] The action of petitioning for (something), or beseeching (someone) (to do something). — 1638 Rothes Affairs Kirk 61.
If the supplicants had followed their advyse in supplicating a pairt, and against the service-book, … only, it had succeidit better with them — 1658 Cramond Kirk S. I 12 Sept.
The presbitery … having appointed a fast … for supplicating the Lord to remove the signs of his wrath
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