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Sweetly.

The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces. [R.]

ating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

Subdual. [Obs.] Shak.

Superinduction.

To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to. Causes of one kind must be supplemented by bringing to bear upon them a causation of another kind. I. Taylor.

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…

The act of supplementing. C. Kingsley.

thority; holding the highest place in authority, government, or power. He that is the supreme King of kings. Shak.

In a supreme manner.

The act of surcharging; also, surcharge, surplus. [Obs.] Daniel.

A making sure; surety. [Obs.] Every surement and every bond. Chaucer.

Surprisal. [Obs.] Daniel.

A table. [Obs.] Tablements and chapters of pillars. Holland.

One who teems, or brings forth.

Designating, or pert. to, any device for operating mechanisms at a distance. --Tel`e*mech"a*nism (#), n.

Any apparatus recording meteorological phenomena at a distance from the measuring apparatus, as by electricity or by compressed air; esp., an apparatus recording conditions at many distant stations at a central office. -- Tel`e*me`te*or*o*graph"ic (#), a.

An instrument used for measuring the distance of an object from an observer; as, a telescope with a micrometer for measuring the apparent diameter of an object whose real dimensions are known.

A combination of the camera lucida and telescope for drawing and measuring distant objects. -- Tel`e*me*trog"ra*phy (#), n. -- Tel`e*met`ro*graph"ic (#), a.

A message by a telephone. [Recent]