Supervisor Su`per·vis"or noun 1. One who supervises; an overseer; an inspector; a superintendent; as, a supervisor of schools.

2. A spectator; a looker-on. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Supervisory Su`per·vi"so·ry adjective Of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers.

Supervive Su`per·vive" transitive verb [ Latin supervivere . See Survive .] To survive; to outlive. [ Obsolete]

Supervolute Su`per·vo·lute" adjective [ Latin supervolutus , past participle of supervolvere to roll over; super over + volvere to roll.] (Botany) Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning- glory.

Supination Su`pi·na"tion noun [ Latin supinare , supinatum , to bend or lay backward, from supinus supine: confer French supination . See Supine .] (Physiol.) (a) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward. (b) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation .

Supinator Su`pi·na"tor noun [ New Latin ] (Anat.) A muscle which produces the motion of supination.

Supine Su·pine" adjective [ Latin supinus , akin to sub under, super above. Confer Sub- , Super- .] 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone .

2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.

If the vine
On rising ground be placed, or hills supine .

Dryden.

3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.

He became pusillanimous and supine , and openly exposed to any temptation.

Woodward.

Syn. -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy.

-- Su*pine"ly , adverb -- Su*pine"ness , noun

Supine Su"pine noun [ Latin supinum (sc. verbum ), from supinus bent or thrown backward, perhaps so called because, although furnished with substantive case endings, it rests or falls back, as it were, on the verb: confer French supin .] (Lat. Gram.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u , that in -um being sometimes called the former supine , and that in -u the latter supine .

Supinity Su·pin"i·ty noun [ Latin supinitas .] Supineness. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Suppage Sup"page noun [ From Sup .] What may be supped; pottage. [ Obsolete] Hooker.

Suppalpation Sup`pal·pa"tion noun [ Latin suppalpari to caress a little; sub under, a little + palpare to caress.] The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [ Obsolete]

Supparasitation Sup·par`a·si·ta"tion noun [ See Supparasite .] The act of flattering to gain favor; servile approbation. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

Supparasite Sup·par"a·site transitive verb [ Latin supparasitari ; sub under, a little + parasitus a parasite.] To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [ Obsolete] Dr. R. Clerke.

Suppawn Sup·pawn" noun See Supawn .

Suppedaneous Sup`pe·da"ne·ous adjective [ Prefix sub- + Latin pes , pedis , a foot: confer Latin suppedaneum a footstool.] Being under the feet. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Suppeditate Sup·ped"i·tate transitive verb [ Latin suppeditatus , past participle of suppeditare to supply.] To supply; to furnish. [ Obsolete] Hammond.

Suppeditation Sup·ped`i·ta"tion noun [ Latin suppeditatio .] Supply; aid afforded. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

Supper Sup"per noun [ Middle English soper , super , Old French super , soper , French souper ; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup , and confer Sup to take supper.] A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

» Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper -time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.

Supper Sup"per intransitive verb To take supper; to sup. [ R.]

Supper Sup"per transitive verb To supply with supper. [ R.] "Kester was suppering the horses." Mrs. Gaskell.

Supperless Sup"per·less adjective Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed. Beau. & Fl.

Supping Sup"ping noun 1. The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.

2. That which is supped; broth. [ Obsolete] Holland.

Supplace Sup·place" transitive verb To replace. [ R.] J. Bascom.

Supplant Sup·plant" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Supplanted ; present participle & verbal noun Supplanting .] [ French supplanter , Latin supplantare to trip up one's heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, a sucker, slip, sprout. Confer Plant , noun ] 1. To trip up. [ Obsolete] " Supplanted , down he fell." Milton.

2. 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.

Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.

Bp. Fell.

3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.

You never will supplant the received ideas of God.

Landor.

Syn. -- To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede.

Supplantation Sup`plan·ta"tion noun [ Confer French supplantation , Latin supplantatio hypocritical deceit.] The act of supplanting or displacing.

Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness.

Cloeridge.

Supplanter Sup·plan"ter noun One who supplants.

Supple Sup"ple adjective [ Middle English souple , French souple , from Latin supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Confer Supplicate .] 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.

If punishment . . . makes not the will supple , it hardens the offender.

Locke.

3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. Addison.

Syn. -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft.

Supple Sup"ple transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Suppled ; present participle & verbal noun Suppling .] 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather.

The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep.

Spenser.

2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient.

A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will.

Locke.

They should supple our stiff willfulness.

Barrow.

Supple Sup"ple intransitive verb To become soft and pliant.

The stones . . .
Suppled into softness as they fell.

Dryden.

Supple-chapped Sup"ple-chapped` adjective Having a limber tongue. [ R.] "A supple-chapped flatterer." Marston.

Supple-jack Sup"ple-jack` noun (Botany) (a) A climbing shrub ( Berchemia volubilus ) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) A somewhat similar tropical American plant ( Paullinia 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.

» This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies.

Supplely Sup"ple·ly adverb In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly. Cotgrave.

Supplement Sup"ple·ment noun [ French supplément , Latin supplementum , from supplere to fill up. See Supply , transitive verb ] 1. That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply. [ Obsolete] Chapman.

2. 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.

3. (Trig.) 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.

Syn. -- Appendix. -- Appendix , Supplement . An appendix is that which is appended to something, but is not essential to its completeness; a supplement is that which supplements, or serves to complete or make perfect, that to which it is added.

Supplement Sup"ple·ment transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Supplemented ; present participle & verbal noun Supplementing .] 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.

Supplemental, Supplementary Sup`ple·men"tal, Sup`ple·men"ta·ry adjective [ Confer French supplémentaire .] 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 air. -- Supplemental bill (Equity) , a bill filed in aid of an original bill to supply some deffect in the latter, or to set forth new facts which can not be done by amendment. Burrill. Daniel. -- Supplementary chords (Math.) , in an ellipse or hyperbola, any two chords drawn through the extremities of a diameter, and intersecting on the curve.

Supplementation Sup`ple·men·ta"tion noun The act of supplementing. C. Kingsley.

Suppleness Sup"ple·ness noun The quality or state of being supple; flexibility; pliableness; pliancy.

Suppletive, Suppletory Sup"ple·tive, Sup"ple·to·ry adjective [ Confer French supplétif , Late Latin suppletivus , from Latin supplere , suppletum , to fill up. See Supply .] Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.

Suppletory Sup"ple·to·ry noun ; plural Suppletories That which is to supply what is wanted.

Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man.

Jer. Taylor.

Supplial Sup·pli"al noun The act of supplying; a supply. "The supplial of a preposition." Fitzed. Hall.

Suppliance Sup·pli"ance noun [ From Supply .] That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. [ R.]

The perfume and suppliance of a minute.

Shak.

Suppliance Sup·pli"ance noun [ See Suppliant .] Supplication; entreaty.

When Greece her knee in suppliance bent.

Halleck.

Suppliant Sup"pli·ant adjective [ French, present participle of supplier to entreat, Latin supplicare . See Supplicate , and confer Supplicant .] 1. Asking earnestly and submissively; entreating; beseeching; supplicating.

The rich grow suppliant , and the poor grow proud.

Dryden.

2. Manifesting entreaty; expressive of supplication.

To bow and sue for grace
With suppliant knee.

Milton.

Syn. -- Entreating; beseeching; suing; begging; supplicating; imploring.

-- Sup"pli*ant*ly , adverb -- Sup"pli*ant*ness , noun

Suppliant Sup"pli·ant noun One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who entreats submissively.

Hear thy suppliant's prayer.

Dryden.

Supplicancy Sup"pli·can·cy noun Supplication. [ R.]

Supplicant Sup"pli·cant adjective [ Latin supplicans , present participle See Supplicate , and confer Suppliant .] Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly , adverb

Supplicant Sup"pli·cant noun One who supplicates; a suppliant.

The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.

Rogers.

Supplicat Sup"pli·cat noun [ Latin , he supplicates.] (Eng. Universities) A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the conditions have been complied with.

Supplicate Sup"pli·cate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Supplicated ; present participle & verbal noun Supplicating .] [ Latin supplicatus , past participle of supplicare to supplicate; of uncertain origin, confer supplex , supplicis , humbly begging or entreating; perhaps from sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease (cf. Placable ), or from sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees (cf. Ply , transitive verb ). Confer Supple .] 1. 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.

2. To address in prayer; to entreat as a supplicant; as, to supplicate the Deity.

Syn. -- To beseech; entreat; beg; petition; implore; importune; solicit; crave. See Beseech .

Supplicate Sup"pli·cate intransitive verb To make petition with earnestness and submission; to implore.

A man can not brook to supplicate or beg.

Bacon.

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