Meanings
adjectivesupplicative (comparative more supplicative, superlative most supplicative)
comparative more supplicative · superlative most supplicative
- Tending to supplicate
"Supplicative prayer, by contrast, is the more selfish version, in which one prays for rain, to pass an examination, to recover from an illness (or, less selfishly, for someone else to recover from an illness)."
2003, Susan Leddy, Integrative Health Promotion: Conceptual Bases for Nursing Practice, page 432
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supplicative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supplicative
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“supplicative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supplicative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supplicative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supplicative.
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