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suppliance

suppliance noun: supplication; entreaty.

Noun (1)

suppliance (uncountable)

  1. supplication; entreaty
    • When Greece her knee in suppliance bent1827, Fitz-Greene Halleck, “Marco Bozzaris”, in Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems

Noun (2)

suppliance (plural suppliances)

  1. That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
    • he perfume and suppliance of a minutec. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • 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.1867, Richard Chenevix Trench, Studies in the Gospels, page 98

Forms of suppliance

pluralsuppliances

Origin of suppliance

See suppliant.

From supply.

Questions about suppliance

What does suppliance mean?
Suppliance means supplication; entreaty.
What part of speech is suppliance?
Suppliance is a noun.
What is the plural of suppliance?
The plural of suppliance is suppliances.

Words near suppliance in the dictionary

  1. suppletory
  2. suppli
  3. suppli al telefono
  4. suppliable
  5. supplial
  6. suppliance
  7. suppliances
  8. suppliancy
  9. suppliant
  10. suppliantly
  11. suppliants

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