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

And with arms still raised in suppliance for his great unselfish soul, he sprang out backward to the darkening sea.

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"It will make in all three thousand francs," said the old man, smiling agreeably, but folding his hands in instinctive suppliance.

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“When Greece her knees in suppliance bent,” when he stuck there.

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The beggar made his plea and, with a dirty palm outstretched, waited in patient suppliance.

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The happy suppliance of Theobald, universally adopted with the change of his for to so.

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