suppliance

[ suh-plahy-uh ns ]

/ səˈplaɪ əns /

the act, method, or process of supplying.

Origin of suppliance

First recorded in 1590–1600; supply¹ + -ance

suppliance ²

[ suhp-lee-uh ns ]

/ ˈsʌp li əns /

appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.

Also suppliancy.

First recorded in 1605–15; suppli(ant) + -ance

On the contrary, he was all softness, all suppliance—a wooer!

The Maroon |Mayne Reid
And with arms still raised in suppliance for his great unselfish soul, he sprang out backward to the darkening sea.

Atlantic Narratives |Mary Antin
The colonel had brushed it aside with rough hand and sharp word; the major had come penitent and in suppliance.

The Rustler of Wind River |G. W. Ogden
She turned away, unable to withstand the suppliance of his eyes.

Trusia |Davis Brinton

“When Greece her knees in suppliance bent,” when he stuck there.

Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. I |Various