supplicate

verb6

1. •
   To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat.

   • Peter nobly acknowledgeth error, suspecteth an interfering Devil, and supplicateth his Reader— […] — 1788
2. •
   To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.
3. •
   To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for.

   • to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel
4. •
   To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat.

   • A man cannot sometimes brooke to Supplicate or Beg: […] But all these Things, are Gracefull in a Frends Mouth, vvhich are blushing in a Mans Ovvne. — 1625
5. •
   Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to make a formal request (to the university) that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.
6. •
   Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself.