Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Suppliant \Sup"pli*ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
   L. supplicare. See {Supplicate}, and cf. {Supplicant}.]
   1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching;
      supplicating.

            The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.

            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.