suppliance

¹

[ suh-plahy-uhns ]

noun

1. the act, method, or process of supplying. supply.

suppliance

²

[ suhp-lee-uhns ]

noun

1. appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication:

   He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of suppliance¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; supply ¹ + -ance

Origin of suppliance²

First recorded in 1605–15; suppli(ant) + -ance

Example Sentences

Blest is that hour when breeze of poesy From far the ancient fragrance wafts to me; This time thrice blest, because it came unsought, "Sweet suppliance," and dear, because unbought.

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Without sense they will sit all in suppliance bowed!

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Without sense they will sit all in suppliance bowed!

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You could see mighty outlines, singly and in groups, of gods and beasts and men, in combat, in suppliance, in death and burial.

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The voice of jubilee That gladdened all the air, Fell sudden to a quavering key Of suppliance and prayer.

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