request vs supplicate

request

verb
  • To ask for (something). 

  • To ask (somebody) to do something. 

noun
  • A message sent over a network to a server. 

  • Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence). 

  • Condition of being sought after. 

  • A formal message requesting something. 

supplicate

verb
  • To ask or request (something) humbly and sincerely, especially from a person in authority; to beg or entreat for. 

  • To make a humble request to (a deity or other spiritual being) in a prayer; to entreat as a supplicant. 

  • Of a member of the university, or an alumnus or alumna of another university seeking a degree ad eundem: to formally request that an academic degree be awarded to oneself. 

  • To make a humble request to (someone, especially a person in authority); to beg, to beseech, to entreat. 

  • To humbly request for something, especially to someone in a position of authority; to beg, to beseech, to entreat. 

How often have the words request and supplicate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )