Supplicate

Verb

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

   "to supplicate the Deity"

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

   "to supplicate the Deity"

3. 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.
4. To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant.

   "to supplicate the Deity"

5. 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"