Obs. Forms: 4–6 supplie, 5–6 supplye, 6 supple, suply(e, supply. [a. OF. (mod.F.) supplier, earlier soup(p)loier, sopleier:—L. supplicāre (whence also Pr. sopleiar, sopliar, soplegar, soplicar, It. supplicare, Sp. suplicar, Pg. supplicar): see SUPPLICATE v.] = SUPPLICATE v.
a. trans. with person as obj.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., III. pr. viii. (1868), 80. Yif þou wilt shynen wiþ dignites, þou most bysechen and supplien hem þat ȝiuen þo dignitees.
1474. Caxton, Chesse, Ded. I requyre & supplye your good grace not to desdaygne to resseyue this lityll sayd book.
c. 1520. Skelton, Magnyf. (1908), 797. Why dost thou not supplye, And desyre me thy good mayster to be?
1539. St. Papers Hen. VIII., I. 604. I supplie Our Blessed Creatour to sende Your Highnes encreace of honour.
b. intr. (const. to, into).
1489. Caxton, Faytes of A., I. i. 2. I supplye humbly to the said right hie offyce. Ibid. (1491), Vitas Patr. (W. de W., 1495), 1. We supplye ryght humbly to our worthy Sauyour Ihesu Cryste that his prompt grace maye be to vs presented.
1533. St. Papers Hen. VIII., I. 392. In your moste humble wise, ye supplye unto us, in your said letters, to graunte unto you our lycence [etc.].
c. trans. with obj. of cognate meaning: To present (a request). rare.
1546. St. Papers Hen. VIII., I. 884. To wryte to His Majeste, to supplie my present sute to his Person.
