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The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [Obs.]

The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.

See Supawn.

Being under the feet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

To supply; to furnish. [Obs.] Hammond.

Supply; aid afforded. [Obs.] Bacon.

To take supper; to sup. [R.]

Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed. Beau. & Fl.

The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.

To replace. [R.] J. Bascom.

To trip up. [Obs.] "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton.

The act of supplanting or displacing. Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness. Cloeridge.

One who supplants.

Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

Having a limber tongue. [R.] "A supple-chapped flatterer." Marston.

Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. W. Irving.

In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly. Cotgrave.

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply. [Obs.] Chapman.

Added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume. 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…