Supplant (n.) To trip up.
Supplant (n.) To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.
Supplant (n.) To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.
Supplantation (n.) The act of supplanting or displacing.
Supplanter (n.) One who supplants.
Supple (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
Supple (a.) Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.
Supple (a.) Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
Suppled (imp. & p. p.) of Supple
Suppling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supple
Supple (v. t.) To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.
Supple (v. t.) To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.
Supple (v. i.) To become soft and pliant.
Supple-chapped (a.) Having a limber tongue.
Supple-jack (n.) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem.
Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem.
Supplely (adv.) In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.
Supplement (v. t.) That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.
Supplement (v. t.) 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.
Supplement (v. t.) 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.
Supplemented (imp. & p. p.) of Supplement
Supplementing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supplement
Supplement (v. t.) To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to.
Supplemental (a.) Alt. of Supplementary
Supplementary (a.) Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume.
Supplementation (n.) The act of supplementing.
Suppleness (n.) The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.
Suppletive (a.) Alt. of Suppletory
Suppletory (a.) Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.
Suppletories (pl. ) of Suppletory
Suppletory (n.) That which is to supply what is wanted.
Supplial (n.) The act of supplying; a supply.
Suppliance (n.) That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
Suppliance (n.) Supplication; entreaty.
Suppliant (a.) Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.
Suppliant (a.) Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.
Suppliant (n.) One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.
Supplicancy (n.) Supplication.
Supplicant (a.) Entreating; asking submissively.
Supplicant (n.) One who supplicates; a suppliant.
Supplicat (n.) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with.
Supplicated (imp. & p. p.) of Supplicate
Supplicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supplicate
Supplicate (v. t.) 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.
Supplicate (v. t.) To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.
Supplicate (v. i.) To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.
Supplicatingly (adv.) In a supplicating manner.
Supplication (n.) The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.
Supplication (n.) A humble petition; an earnest request; an entreaty.
Supplication (n.) 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.
Supplicator (n.) One who supplicates; a supplicant.
Supplicatory (a.) Containing supplication; humble; earnest.
Supplier (n.) One who supplies.
Supplied (imp. & p. p.) of Supply
Supplying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Supply
Supply (v. t.) 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.
Supply (v. t.) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
Supply (v. t.) 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.
Supply (v. t.) To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war.
Supplies (pl. ) of Supply
Supply (n.) The act of supplying; supplial.
Supply (n.) That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.
Supply (n.) Auxiliary troops or reenforcements.
Supply (n.) 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.
Supply (n.) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
Supply (n.) 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.
Supply (a.) Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve.
Supplyant (a.) Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory.
Supplyment (n.) A supplying or furnishing; supply.
Supported (imp. & p. p.) of Support
Supporting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Support
Support (v. t.) To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar supports a structure; an abutment supports an arch; the trunk of a tree supports the branches.
Support (v. t.) To endure without being overcome, exhausted, or changed in character; to sustain; as, to support pain, distress, or misfortunes.
Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits.
Support (v. t.) To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain; as, to support the character of King Lear.
Support (v. t.) To furnish with the means of sustenance or livelihood; to maintain; to provide for; as, to support a family; to support the ministers of the gospel.
Support (v. t.) To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate.
Support (v. t.) To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain; as, the testimony is not sufficient to support the charges; the evidence will not support the statements or allegations.
Support (v. t.) To vindicate; to maintain; to defend successfully; as, to be able to support one's own cause.
Support (v. t.) To uphold by aid or countenance; to aid; to help; to back up; as, to support a friend or a party; to support the present administration.
Support (v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant; as, a chairman supported by a vice chairman; O'Connell left the prison, supported by his two sons.
Support (n.) The act, state, or operation of supporting, upholding, or sustaining.
Support (n.) That which upholds, sustains, or keeps from falling, as a prop, a pillar, or a foundation of any kind.
Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery.
Supportable (a.) Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable.
Supportance (n.) Support.
Supportation (n.) Maintenance; support.
Supporter (n.) One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.
Supporter (n.) Especially, an adherent; one who sustains, advocates, and defends; as, the supporter of a party, faction, or candidate.
Supporter (n.) A knee placed under the cathead.
Supporter (n.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures.
Supporter (n.) A broad band or truss for supporting the abdomen or some other part or organ.
Supportful (a.) Abounding with support.
Supportless (a.) Having no support.
Supportment (n.) Support.
Supportress (n.) A female supporter.
Supposable (a.) Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case.
Supposal (n.) The act of supposing; also, that which is supposed; supposition; opinion.
Supposed (imp. & p. p.) of Suppose
Supposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suppose