Supplicate (verb)
sup-lik-ayt
Ask or beg for something earnestly or humbly.
Late Middle English from Latin supplicat- ‘implored’, from the verb supplicare, from sub- ‘from below’ + placere ‘propitiate’.
Example sentences
“They supplicated but still they would not be accepted into the inner realm.”
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