To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee.
Milton.
Syn. -- Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating;
imploring.
-- Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. -- Sup"pli*ant*ness, n.
Sup"pli*ant, n. One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who
entreats submissively.
Hear thy suppliant's prayer.
Dryden.