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Definition of Suppliance
1. n. That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
2. n. Supplication; entreaty.
Definition of Suppliance
1. Noun. supplication; entreaty ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suppliance
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suppliance
Literary usage of Suppliance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Which euer, at command of Jove, was by my suppliance giuen. ... Forward, not
permanent, sweet, not lasting, The perfume and suppliance of a minute. ..."
2. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2001)
"9. suppliance] JOHNSON : It is plain that perfume is necessary to ... With the
word suppliance I am not satisfied, and yet dare hardly offer what I imagine ..."
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