Suppliance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Suppliance is a noun meaning supplication; entreaty.
Meaning
supplication; entreaty.
More Meanings
- That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
Example Sentences
he perfume and suppliance of a minute
When Greece her knee in suppliance bent
All human suppliances for the satisfying of the cravings of the body or of the soul have in them this defect, that they do not satisfy for ever. They only serve to dull and deaden the present sense of the want, but do not remove it.
Word Forms
- suppliances
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include supplicancy, entreat, deprecation, implore, entreatance, entreatment.
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