Supplant
Sup‐plant″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Supplanted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Supplanting.] [F. supplanter, L. supplantare to trip up one's heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole...
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Supplantation
Sup′plan‐ta″tion (sŭp′plăn‐tā″shŭn), n. [Cf. F. supplantation, L. supplantatio hypocritical deceit.] The act of supplanting or displacing.Habitual supplantation of immediate sel...
Supplanter
Sup‐plan″ter (sŭp‐plănt″ẽr), n. One who supplants.
Supple
Sup″ple (sŭp″p'l), a. [OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf. Supplicate.] 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joint...
Supple (2)
Sup″ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suppling (?).] 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.The flesh therewith she suppled and ...
Supple (3)
Sup″ple, v. i. To become soft and pliant.The stones...Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden.
Supple-chapped
Sup″ple–chapped′ (?), a. Having a limber tongue. “A supple-chapped flatterer.” Marston.
Supple-jack
Sup″ple–jack′ (?), n.(Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) A somewhat similar tropical American p...
Supplely
Sup″ple‐ly, adv. In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly. Cotgrave.
Supplement
Sup″ple‐ment (?), n. [F. supplément, L. supplementum, fr. supplere to fill up. See Supply, v. t.] 1. That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply. Chapma...
Supplement (2)
Sup″ple‐ment (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Supplemented; p. pr. & vb. n.Supplementing.] To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to.Causes of one kind must be supplemented b...
Supplemental
{ Sup′ple‐men″tal (?), Sup′ple‐men″ta‐ry (?), } a. [Cf. F. supplémentaire.] Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental la...
Supplementation
Sup′ple‐men‐ta″tion (?), n. The act of supplementing. C. Kingsley.
Suppleness
Sup″ple‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
Suppletive
{ Sup″ple‐tive (?), Sup″ple‐to‐ry (?), } a. [Cf. F. supplétif, LL. suppletivus, from L. supplere, suppletum, to fill up. See Supply.] Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, ...
Suppletory (2)
Sup″ple‐to‐ry, n.; pl.Suppletories (�). That which is to supply what is wanted.Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. Jer. Taylor.
Supplial
Sup‐pli″al (?), n. The act of supplying; a supply. “The supplial of a preposition.” Fitzed. Hall.
Suppliance
Sup‐pli″ance (?), n. [From Supply.] That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak.
Suppliance (2)
Sup‐pli″ance (?), n. [See Suppliant.] Supplication; entreaty.When Greece her knee in suppliance bent. Halleck.
Suppliant
Sup″pli‐ant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant.] 1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplic...
Suppliant (2)
Sup″pli‐ant, n. One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.Hear thy suppliant's prayer. Dryden.
Supplicancy
Sup″pli‐can‐cy (?), n. Supplication.
Supplicant
Sup″pli‐cant (?), a. [L. supplicans, p. pr. See Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant.] Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. — Sup″pli‐cant‐ly, adv.
Supplicant (2)
Sup″pli‐cant, n. One who supplicates; a suppliant.The wise supplicant... left the event to God. Rogers.
Supplicat
‖Sup″pli‐cat (?), n.(Eng. Universities) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with.
Supplicate
Sup″pli‐cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Supplicated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Supplicating.] [L. supplicatus, p. p. of supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplic...
Supplicate (2)
Sup″pli‐cate, v. i. To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. Bacon.