SUPPLE
SUP'PLE, adjective1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as supple joints; supple fingers.2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate.If punishment--makes not the will supple it hardens th...
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SUPPLED
SUP'PLED, participle passive Made soft and plaint; made compliant.
SUPPLEMENT
SUP'PLEMENT, noun [Latin supplementum, suppleo; sub and pleo, to fill.]1. Literally, a supply; hence, an addition to any thing by which its defects are supplied, and it is made ...
SUPPLEMENTAL
SUPPLEMENT'ALSUPPLEMENT'ARY, adjective Additional; added to supply what is wanted; as a supplemental law or bill.
SUPPLEMENTARY
SUPPLEMENT'ARY, a. Additional; added to supply what is wanted; as a supplemental law or bill.
SUPPLENESS
SUP'PLENESS, noun [from supple.] Pliancy; pliableness; flexibility; the quality of being easily bent; as the suppleness of the joints.1. Readiness of compliance; the quality of ...
SUPPLETORY
SUP'PLETORY, adjective [from Latin suppleo, to supply.] Supplying deficiencies; as a suppletory oath.SUP'PLETORY, noun That which is to supply what is wanted.
SUPPLIAL
SUPPLI'AL, noun The act of supplying. [Not used.]
SUPPLIANCE
SUPPLI'ANCE, noun Continuance. [Not in use.]
SUPPLIANT
SUP'PLIANT, adjective [Latin supplico, to supplicate; sub and plico, to fold. See Comply and Apply.]1. Entreating; beseeching; supplicating; asking earnestly and submissively.Th...
SUPPLIANTLY
SUP'PLIANTLY, adverb In a suppliant or submissive manner.
SUPPLICANT
SUP'PLICANT, adjective [Latin supplicans.] Entreating; asking submissively.SUP'PLICANT, noun One that entreats; a petitioner who asks earnestly and submissively.The wise supplic...
SUPPLICATE
SUP'PLICATE, verb transitive [Latin supplico; sub and plico. See Suppliant.]1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; as, to supplicate blessings on christian efforts to spr...
SUPPLICATION
SUPPLICA'TION, noun [Latin supplicatio.]1. Entreaty; humble and earnest prayer in worship. In all our supplications to the Father of mercies, let us remember a world lying in ig...
SUPPLICATORY
SUP'PLICATORY, adjective Containing supplication; humble; submissive.
SUPPLIED
SUPPLI'ED, participle passive [from supply.] Fully furnished; having a sufficiency.
SUPPLIER
SUPPLI'ER, noun He that supplies.
SUPPLY
SUPPLY', verb transitive [Latin suppleo; sub and pleo, disused, to fill.]1. To fill up, as any deficiency happens; to furnish what is wanted; to afford or furnish a sufficiency;...
SUPPLYING
SUPPLY'ING, participle present tense Yielding or furnishing what is wanted; affording a sufficiency.
SUPPLYMENT
SUPPLY'MENT, noun A furnishing. [Not in use.]
SUPPORT
SUPPORT, verb transitive [Latin supporto; sub and porto, to carry.]1. To bear; to sustain; to uphold; as, a prop or pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; th...
SUPPORTABLE
SUPPORTABLE, adjective That may be upheld or sustained.1. That may be borne or endured; as, the pain is supportable or not supportable Patience renders evils supportable2. Toler...
SUPPORTABLENESS
SUPPORTABLENESS, noun The state of being tolerable.
SUPPORTANCE
SUPPORTANCE, noun Maintenance; support. [Not in use.]
SUPPORTATION
SUPPORTA'TION, noun Maintenance; support. [Not in use.]
SUPPORTED
SUPPORTED, participle passive Borne; endured; upheld; maintained; subsisted; sustained; carried on.
SUPPORTER
SUPPORTER, noun One that supports or maintains.1. That which supports or upholds; a prop, a pillar, etc.The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured.2. A sustainer; a comfo...