supplementation 
ing, lilliug up, or adding to. Kiiii/xln/. (Imp. 
IHrt. ) 
SUpplementist (Mip'le-mcii-tist), . [< miji/il' - 
mi nt + -int.] One who supplements or acids. 
[Rare.] 
Not merely a siipplementist, but an original authority. 
Contemporary Hev., L1II. I:H."-. 
suppleness (sup'1-nes), n. 1. The property of 
being supple; pliablcness; flexibility. 
His [ Daniels] diction, if wanting in the more hardy evi- 
dences of muscle, has a suppleness and spring that give 
proof of training and mlut-mi r. 
/.//, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 139. 
2. Readiness of compliance; the property of 
easily yielding; facility; capability of molding 
one's self to the wishes or opinions of others. 
He ... had become a by-word for the certainty with 
which he foresaw and ihe supple ness vtilh which he evaded 
danger. Macaulay, Temple. 
= 8yn. 1. See supple. 
supplete (sn-plef), '. t. ; pret. and pp. 
ppr. twpleting. [< L. suppletus,Tp\>- 
fill out, supply: see supply."] To supplement. 
[Rare.] 
This act [ordinal for the making of archbishops, bishops, 
etc.] was supjileted, the reign of uniformity was extended, 
by another, a truly lamentable decree. 
R. W. Dixon, Hist Church of Eng., xvl. 
suppletive (sup'le-tiv), . [< supplete + -ire.] 
Supplying; suppletory. Imp. D'n-t. 
suppletory (sup Ie-to-ri), a. and n. [< LL. *sup- 
(neut. >m/i/>li Inriiim, a supplement), < 
fill out, supply: see supply."] I. a. 
Supplying deficiencies ; supplemental. 
Many men have certain forms of speech, certain Inter- 
jections, certain euppletory phrases, whk-h fall often upon 
their tongue, and which they repeat almost in every sen- 
tence. Donne, Sermons, vi. 
Suppletory oath, (n) The testimony of a party in sup- 
port of the accuracy of charges in his own accounta, ad- 
mitted in some cases at common law notwithstanding the 
general rule excluding the testimony of a party when of- 
fered in his own favor. (6) An oath in supplement. See 
supplement. 
II. i.; pi. suppletories (-riz). That which sup- 
plies what is wanted; a supplement. 
God hath In his infinite mercy provided for every condi- 
tion rare supplftories of comfort and usefulness. 
Jer. Taylor, Works, VL 177. 
Confirmation ... is an excellent part of Christian dis- 
cipline, by which children, coming to years of discretion, 
are examined and taught what they are enjoined now to 
perform of themselves ; and . . . it is a suppletory to early 
Baptism, and n corroboration of its graces, rightly made 
use of. Evelyn, True Religion, II. 343. 
supplial (su-pli'al), n. [< supply + -nJ.] 1. 
The act of supplying, or the thing supplied. 
The supplial of our imaginary, and therefore endless 
wants. Warburton, Works, IX. iv. 
2. That which supplies the place of something 
else. [Rare.] 
It contains the choicest sentiments of English wisdom, 
poetry, and eloquence ; it may be deemed a supplial of 
many books. C. Richardson, Diet., Pref., Iii. 
suppliance 1 (sup'li-ans), n. [< siipplian(t) + 
-ceT] The act of a siippliaut ; supplication. 
When Greece, her knee In stippliance bent, 
Should tremble. llaUetk, Marco Bozzaris. 
SUpplianC6 2 t (su-pli'ans), . [Also supplyance; 
< supply + -ance.] 1. The act of supplying or 
bestowing. 
Which euer, at command of Jove, was by my suppliance 
giuen. Chapman, Iliad, vili. 321. 
2. That which supplies a need or a desire; sat- 
isfaction ; gratification. 
A violet . . . 
Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting, 
The perfume and suppliance of a minute. 
Shot., Hamlet, 1. 3. 9. 
suppliant 1 (sup'li-ant), n. and n. [< F. suppli- 
ant, ppr. of supplier, entreat, beg, < L. suppli- 
care: see twptteate.] I. a. 1. Supplicating; 
entreating; beseeching; humbly soliciting. 
The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. 
Dryden, Anuus Mirabills, st. 201. 
No suppliant crowds before the judge appear'd ; 
No court erected yet, nor cause was heard. 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's Metamorph., i. 120. 
2. Expressive of humble supplication. 
To bow and sue for grace 
With suppliant knee. Milton, P. L., i. 112. 
No more that meek and suppliant look in prayer. 
Nor the pure faith (to give it force), are there. 
Crabbe, Works, I. 116. 
II. n. A humble petitioner ; one who asks or 
entreats in a supplicating manner. 
Spare 
This forfeit life, and hear thy suppliant's prayer. 
Dryden, /Eneid, x. 84i: 
By Turns put on the Suppliant and the Lord : 
Threaten 'u this Moment, and the next implor'd. 
Prior, Solomon, II. 
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suppliant'-'t (su-pli';int), it. [< supply + -mil.] 
Supplementary, 
\Vilh those regions 
Which I haue spoke of, whereunto your leule 
Mubt be suppliant. 
Shale., Cymbellne, III. 8 (folio 1628). 
suppliantly (nup'li-ant-li), adv. In a supplicat- 
ing nmiinor; as a suppliant. 
Suppliantly to deprecate the Impending wrath of God. 
Calrin, On Jonah (trans.), p. 22. 
suppliantness (sup'li-aut-nes), . The quality 
of being suppliant, linilii/. 
SUpplicancy(Kup'li-k:in-si),n. [<#upplican(t) + 
-i-ij. ( 'i. mipp/iaiifi '.] Suppliance; the act of 
supplicating; supplication. Imp. Dirt. 
supplicant (sup'li-kant ), n. and n. [< Ij.mipjili- 
i-<in( t-)s, ppr. of supplicare, beseech, supplicate : 
see supplicate."] I. a. Entreating; imploring; 
asking humbly. 
(They) offered to this council their letters supplicant, 
confessing that they had sinned. 
Up. Ball, Corruptions of Church of Rome. 
II. n. One who supplicates or humbly en- 
treats; a humble petitioner; a suppliant. 
The prince and people of Nineveh assembling them, 
selves as a main army of supplicants. It wu not in the 
power of God to withstand them. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 24. 
All his determinations are delivered with a beautiful 
humility ; and he pronounces hia decisions with the air of 
one who is more frequently a supplicant than a judge. 
Steele, Tatler, No 211. 
supplicantly (sup'li-kant-li), adv. In a suppli- 
cating manner. 
supplicat (sup'li-kat), . [L., 3d pers. sing, 
pres. ind. of supplicare, beseech : see suppli- 
cate.] In English universities, a petition ; par- 
ticularly, a written application accompanied 
with a certificate that the requisite conditions 
have been complied with. 
supplicate (sup'li-kat), r. ; pret. and pp. sup- 
plicated, ppr. supplicating. [< L. supplicatus, 
pp. of supplicare (> It. sitpplicare = 8p. supli- 
car = Pg. supplicar = F. supplier), beseech, 
supplicate, < supplex (siipplic-), Kneeling down, 
humble: see supple."] I. trans. 1. To beg for; 
seek or invoke by earnest prayer : as, to suppli- 
cate a blessing. 2. To address or appeal to in 
prayer: as, to supplicate the throne of grace. 
Shall I heed them in their anguish? shall I brook to be 
supplicated? Tennyson, Boadlcea. 
= Syn. 1. Acquest, Bey, etc. See askl, and list under solicit. 
n. intrant. To entreat humbly; beseech; 
implore; petition. 
A man cannot brook to supplicate or beg. Bacon. 
Did they hear me, would they listen, did they pity me 
supplicating? Tennyson, Boauicea. 
supplicatingly (sup'li-ka-ting-li), adv. In a 
supplicating manner; by way of supplication 
or humble entreaty. 
supplication (sup-li-ka'shon), n. [= F. suppli- 
cation = Sp. suplicadon = Pg. supplica^So = It. 
supplicazione, <. L. supplicatio(n-) : see suppli- 
cate."] 1. The act of supplicating or entreat- 
ing ; humble and earnest petition or prayer. 
Now therefore bend thine ear 
To supplication. Milton, f. L., \i. 31. 
I cannot see one say his prayers but, Instead of Imitat- 
ing him, I fall into a stivplicatitm for him. 
Sir T. Brovne, Eellgio Medici, ii. 6. 
2. Petition; earnest or humble request. 
Are your supplications to his lordship? Let me see 
them. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., 1. 3. 16. 
I have attempted one by one the lords, . . . 
With supplication prone and father's tears, 
To accept of ransom for my son their prisoner. 
Milton, 8. A., 1. 1459. 
3. In ancient Rome, a solemnization, or cere- 
monial address to the gods, decreed either on 
occasions of victory or in times of public dan- 
ger or distress. 4. In the Roman Catholic and 
Anglican litanies, one of the petitions contain- 
ing a request to God for some special benefit, 
as distinguished from invocations and prayers 
for deliverance from evil (deprecations and ob- 
secrations). In ita wider sense the word includes the 
intercessions ; In a narrower sense it excludes these, and 
is applied by some especially to that part of the Anglican 
litany which begins with the Lord's Prayer. Supplica- 
tions In the quill, written supplications. [Other ex- 
planations are also given.) 
My lord protector will come this way by and by, and 
then we may deliver our supplication* in the quill. 
Shale., 2 Hen. VI., I. 3. 3. 
= Syn. 1 and 2. Suit, Entreaty, etc. See prayerl. 
supplicator (sup'li-ka-tor), . [= It. siippli- 
catore,<. L. supplicator, < gupplicare, supplicate: 
see supplicate.] One who or that whicn suppli- 
cates ; a suppliant. Bp. Halt, Episcopacy by 
Divine Right, Conclusion, $ 1. 
supply 
supplicatory (>up'li-ka-tn-ri), <i. [< Huppta-uti 
+ -<;r//.] Containing supplication, or liumble 
petition: siilpiiii*>ivi-; humble. Up. Hall, De- 
vout Soul, i. $ 2. 
supplicavit (sup-li-ka'vit), n. [So called from 
this word in the writ: L. Mi//yi//Vur/7, :;<! pers. 
sing. pcrf. ind. of sujiplinin: supplicate: see 
siil'l, In-lit* .] Iii law, a writ formerly isMiing 
out of the King's (Queen's) Bench or Clianc'-iy 
for taking the surety of the peace against any 
one. 
supplichevole (sop-pli-ka'vo-le), a. [It., < Kiip- 
/iln-in'i 1 , supplicate: M-I- xupplimtr."] In iniinii-. 
imploring; supplicating: also expressed, as a 
direction to the performer, by the adverb sup- 
l>lirlirriihiiente. 
suppliet, r. t. [< ME. supplien, < OF. supplier, 
supplicate: see supplicate."] To supplicate. 
Vyf tlimi wilt shym-n wlthdlgnltei, thou most bysechen 
and sujifHirn hem that yiven tho dlgnlteei. 
Chaucer, Boethius, ill. prof* 8. 
supplier (su-pli'er), . [< xujiply + -!.] One 
wno or that which supplies. 
supply (su-pli' ), v. t. ; jlret. and pp. supplied, ppr. 
supplyiini. [Early mod. E. also Httpploy, sup- 
ptoye; (OF. souploier, soupplir, V. supplier = 
Pr. supplir, suplir = Sp. supfir = Pg. supprir = 
It. snpplire, < L. gupplere, subplere, fill up, make 
full, complete, supply, < sub, under, 4- plerr, 
fill: see plenty. Cf. supplete, supplement.] 1. 
To furnish with what is wanted ; afford or fur- 
nish a sufficiency for; make provision for; sat- 
isfy; provide: with with before that which is 
provided : as, to supply the poor trith clothing. 
Yet, to supply the ripe wants of my friend, 
I'll break a custom. Shak., M. of V., I. 3. 64. 
They have water in such abundance at Damascus that 
all parts are supplied uith it, and every house has either 
a fountain, a Large basin of water, or at least a pipe or con- 
duit, rocoett, Description of the East, II. L 118. 
The day supplieth us u-ith truths ; the night trith fictions 
and falsehoods. Sir T. Browne, Dreams. 
An abundant stock of facile, new, and ever delicate ex- 
pressions supplied the varied requirements of her intelli- 
gence. The Century, XLI. 367. 
2. To serve instead of ; take the place of ; re- 
pair, as a vacancy or loss ; fill : especially ap- 
plied to places that have become vacant ; spe- 
cifically, of a pulpit, to occupy temporarily. 
In the world I fill up a place which may be better sup- 
plied when I have made It empty. 
Shak., As you Like it, I. 2. 206. 
If the deputy governour (In regard of his age, being 
above 70) should not be fit for the voyage, then Mr. Brad- 
street should supply his place. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 319. 
The sun was set ; and Vesper, to supply 
His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. 
Dryden, Flower and Leaf, 1. 437. 
Thus drying Coffee was deny'd ; 
But Chocolate that Loss supply'd. 
Prior, Paulo Pnrganti. 
Good-nature will always supply the absence of beauty, 
but beauty cannot long supply the absence of good-nature. 
stfflf. Spectator, No. 306. 
3. To give; grant; afford; provide; furnish. 
I wanted nothing Fortune could supply. 
Dryden, Flower and Leaf, 1. 26. 
Nearer Care . . . supplies 
Sighs to my Breast, and Sorrow to my Eyes. 
Prior, Cella to Damon. 
Alike to the citizen and to the legislator home-experi- 
ences daily supply proofs that the conduct of human beings 
baulks calculation. // Spencer, Man vs. State, p. 74. 
The Roman law, which supplies the only sure route by 
which the mind can travel back without a check from 
civilisation to barbarism. 
Maine, Early Law and Custom, p. 238. 
4. To replenish or strengthen as any deficiency 
occurs; reinforce. 
Out of the frye of these rakehelle horse boyes . . . are 
theyr kearne continually supplytd and mayntayned. 
Spenser, State of Ireland. 
Being the very Bulwarke and Ramplre of a great part 
of Europe, most fit by all Christians to have beene sup- 
plyed and maintained. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. 23. 
supply (su-pli'), n.; pi. supplies (-pliz). |X 
supply, t 1 .] 1. The act of supplying what is 
wanted. 2. That which is supplied ; means of 
provision or relief; sufficiency for use or need ; 
a quantity of something supplied or on hand; 
a stock; a store. 
That now at this time your abundance may be a supply 
for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply 
for your want t Cor. viiL 14. 
When this is spent, 
Seek for supply from me. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, L 1. 
What is grace but an extraordinary supply of ability 
and strength to resist temptations, given us on purpose to 
make up the deficiency of our natural strength to do It? 
Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, II. Iv. 
