seek vs supplicate

seek

verb
  • To ask for; to solicit; to beseech. 

  • To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at. 

  • To try to find; to look for; to search for. 

  • To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. 

  • To navigate through a stream. 

  • To attempt, endeavour, try 

noun
  • The operation of navigating through a stream. 

supplicate

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

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

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