supplicant
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈsʌplɪkənt/
adj
Etymology: From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).
- begging, pleading, supplicating
noun
Etymology: From Latin supplicans (“supplicating, bowing down”), from supplicō (“kneel, bow down, request”), from sub- (“lower”) + plicō (“fold”).
- one who comes to humbly ask or petition
“It recalled all the vivid hopes and beliefs of her childhood, when she was wont to kneel before some lovely image, till the face seemed to smile encouragement, and the little supplicant felt as if beneath a mother's eye.”
- A device attempting to authenticate itself to an 802.11 network.