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The act of supplementing. C. Kingsley.

The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.

Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.

That which is to supply what is wanted. Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. Jer. Taylor.

The act of supplying; a supply. "The supplial of a preposition." Fitzed. Hall.

That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. [R.] The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak.

Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating. The rich grow suppliant, and the poor grow proud. Dryden.

Supplication. [R.]

Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv.

A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with.

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.

In a supplicating manner.

The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.

One who supplicates; a supplicant.

Containing supplication; humble; earnest.

One who supplies.

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.

Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. [Obs.] Shak.

A supplying or furnishing; supply. [Obs.] Shak.

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.