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 ]

v. t. To supply again. [ 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 ]

v. i. To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man can not brook to supplicate or beg. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a supplicating manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. supplication, L. supplicatio. ] 1. The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Rom. Antiq.) A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success, and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Entreaty; petition; solicitation; craving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who supplicates; a supplicant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. supplicatoire. ] Containing supplication; humble; earnest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supplies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Supplied p. pr. & vb. n. Supplying ] [ For older supploy, F. suppléer, OF. also supployer, (assumed) LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to fill, akin to plenus full. See Plenty. ] 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To serve instead of; to take the place of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Burning ships the banished sun supply. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply
His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Supplies 1. The act of supplying; supplial. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Auxiliary troops or reenforcements. “My promised supply of horsemen.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stated supply (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor. [ U.S. ] --
Supply and demand. (Polit. Econ.) “Demand means the quantity of a given article which would be taken at a given price. Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price.” F. A. Walker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Supply system (Zool.), the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of Spongiae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A supplying or furnishing; supply. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a device used as part of an electronic device, which transforms electrical current from an AC line circuit to DC for use in electronic devices, and which can use either 110 volt or 220 volt AC line curent. [ PJC ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]