SUPERVENTION
SUPERVEN'TION, noun The act of supervening.
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SUPERVISAL
SUPERVI'SAL, supervi'zal
SUPERVISE
SUPERVI'SE, noun supervi'ze. Inspection. [Not used.]SUPERVI'SE, verb transitive [Latin super and visus, video, to see.] To oversee; to superintend; to inspect; as, to supervise ...
SUPERVISED
SUPERVI'SED, participle passive Inspected.
SUPERVISING
SUPERVISING, participle present tense Overseeing; inspecting; superintending.
SUPERVISION
SUPERVI'SION, supervizh'on, noun [from supervise.] The act of overseeing; inspection; superintendence.
SUPERVISOR
SUPERVI'SOR, noun An overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as the supervisor of a pamphlet.
SUPERVIVE
SUPERVI'VE, verb transitive [Latin super and vivo, to live.] To live beyond; to outlive. The soul will supervive all the revolutions of nature. [Little used.] [See Survive.]
SUPINATION
SUPINA'TION, noun [Latin supino.] The act of lying or state of being laid with the face upward.1. The act of turning the palm of the hand upwards.
SUPINATOR
SUPINA'TOR, noun In anatomy, a muscle that turns the palm of the hand upward.
SUPINE
SUPI'NE, adjective [Latin supinus.] Lying on the back, or with the face upward; opposed to prone.1. Leaning backward; or inclining with exposure to the sun.If the vineOn rising ...
SUPINELY
SUPI'NELY, adverb With the face upward.1. Carelessly; indolently; drowsily; in a heedless, thoughtless state.Who on beds of sin supinely lie.
SUPINENESS
SUPI'NENESS, noun A lying with the face upward.1. Indolence; drowsiness; heedlessness. Many of the evils of life are owing to our own supineness
SUPINITY
SUPINITY, for supineness, is not used.
SUPPAGE
SUP'PAGE, noun [from sup.] What may be supped; pottage. [Not in use.]
SUPPALPATION
SUPPALPA'TION, noun [Latin suppalpor; sub and palpor, to stroke.] The act of enticing by soft words. [Not used.]
SUPPARASITATION
SUPPARASITA'TION, noun [Latin supparasitor; sub and parasite.] The act of flattering merely to gain favor. [Not in use.]
SUPPEDANEOUS
SUPPEDA'NEOUS, adjective [Latin sub and pes, the foot.] Being under the feet.
SUPPEDITATE
SUPPED'ITATE, verb transitive [Latin suppedito.] To supply. [Not used.]
SUPPEDITATION
SUPPEDITA'TION, noun [Latin suppeditatio.] Supply; aid afforded. [Little used.]
SUPPER
SUP'PER, noun The evening meal. People who dine late, eat no supper The dinner of fashionable people would be the supper of rustics.
SUPPERLESS
SUP'PERLESS, adjective Wanting supper; being without supper; as, to go supperless to bed.
SUPPLANT
SUPPLANT', verb transitive [Latin supplanto; sub and planta, the bottom of the foot.] To trip up the heels.SUPPLANTed down he fell.1. To remove or displace by stratagem; or to d...
SUPPLANTATION
SUPPLANTA'TION, noun The act of supplanting.
SUPPLANTED
SUPPLANT'ED, participle passive Tripped up; displaced.
SUPPLANTER
SUPPLANT'ER, noun One that supplants.
SUPPLANTING
SUPPLANT'ING, participle present tense Tripping up the heels; displacing by artifice.