a. [ L. insupportabilis: cf. F. insupportable. See In- not, and Support. ] Incapable of being supported or borne; unendurable; insufferable; intolerable; as, insupportable burdens; insupportable pain. -- In`sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`sup*port"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incapable of being supposed; not supposable; inconceivable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Insuppressible. [ Obs. ] “The insuppressive mettle of our spirits.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To supply in excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An excessive supply; a supply in excess of demand. [ 1913 Webster ]

A general oversupply or excess of all commodities. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Presupposition. [ R. ] “Presupposal of knowledge.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Presupposed p. pr. & vb. n. Presupposing. ] [ Pref. pre- + suppose: cf. F. présupposer. ] To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each [ kind of knowledge ] presupposes many necessary things learned in other sciences, and known beforehand. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. pre- + supposition: cf. F. présupposition. ] 1. The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To supply again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Sup. ] What may be supped; pottage. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. suppalpari to caress a little; sub under, a little + palpare to caress. ] The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Supparasite. ] The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. supparasitari; sub under, a little + parasitus a parasite. ] To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [ Obs. ] Dr. R. Clerke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Supawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. sub- + L. pes, pedis, a foot: cf. L. suppedaneum a footstool. ] Being under the feet. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. suppeditatus, p. p. of suppeditare to supply. ] To supply; to furnish. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. suppeditatio. ] Supply; aid afforded. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper. ] A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To take supper; to sup. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To supply with supper. [ R. ] “Kester was suppering the horses.” Mrs. Gaskell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is supped; broth. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To replace. [ R. ] J. Bascom. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 of the foot, also, a sucker, slip, sprout. Cf. Plant, n. ] 1. To trip up. [ Obs. ] “Supplanted, down he fell.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To displace and take the place of; to supersede; to remove or displace by stratagem; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. [ obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You never will supplant the received ideas of God. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To remove (a thing) and replace it with something else. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. supplantation, L. supplantatio hypocritical deceit. ] The act of supplanting or displacing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness. Cloeridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supplants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf. Supplicate. ] 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Suppled p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling ] 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

They should supple our stiff willfulness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become soft and pliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stones . . .
Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a limber tongue. [ R. ] “A supple-chapped flatterer.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Trig.) The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180°; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Appendix. -- Appendix, Supplement. An appendix is that which is appended to something, but is not essential to its completeness; a supplement is that which supplements, or serves to complete or make perfect, that to which it is added. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Supplemented; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplementing. ] To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Causes of one kind must be supplemented by bringing to bear upon them a causation of another kind. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. supplémentaire. ] Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume. [ 1913 Webster ]

Supplemental air (Physiol.), the air which in addition to the residual air remains in the lungs after ordinary expiration, but which, unlike the residual air, can be expelled; reserve air. --
Supplemental bill (Equity), a bill filed in aid of an original bill to supply some deffect in the latter, or to set forth new facts which can not be done by amendment. Burrill. Daniel. --
Supplementary chords (Math.), in an ellipse or hyperbola, any two chords drawn through the extremities of a diameter, and intersecting on the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of supplementing. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. supplétif, LL. suppletivus, from L. supplere, suppletum, to fill up. See Supply. ] Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Suppletories That which is to supply what is wanted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of supplying; a supply. “The supplial of a preposition.” Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Supply. ] That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Suppliant. ] Supplication; entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Greece her knee in suppliance bent. Halleck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat, L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. Supplicant. ] 1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sup"pli*ant*ly, adv. -- Sup"pli*ant*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear thy suppliant's prayer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Supplication. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. supplicans, p. pr. See Supplicate, and cf. Suppliant. ] Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One who supplicates; a suppliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., he supplicates. ] (Eng. Universities) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Supplicated p. pr. & vb. n. Supplicating. ] [ L. supplicatus, p. p. of supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease (cf. Placable), or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees (cf. Ply, v. t.). Cf. Supple. ] 1. To entreat for; to seek by earnest prayer; to ask for earnestly and humbly; as, to supplicate blessings on Christian efforts to spread the gospel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See Beseech. [ 1913 Webster ]