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Oversupply
Oversupply O`ver*sup*ply", v. t.
To supply in excess.
Oversupply
Oversupply O"ver*sup*ply`, n.
An excessive supply.
A general oversupply or excess of all commodities. --J.
S. Mill.
Resupply
Resupply Re`sup*ply", v. t.
To supply again.
Stated supplySupply Sup*ply", n.; pl. Supplies.
1. The act of supplying; supplial. --A. Tucker.
2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use
or want. Specifically:
(a) Auxiliary troops or re["e]nforcements. ``My promised
supply of horsemen.' --Shak.
(b) 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.
(c) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or
Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures;
generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.
(d) 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.
Stated supply (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a
pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor.
[U.S.]
Supply and demand. (Polit. Econ.) ``Demand means the
quantity of a given article which would be taken at a
given price. Supply means the quantity of that article
which could be had at that price.' --F. A. Walker. Supplace
Supplace Sup*place", v. t.
To replace. [R.] --J. Bascom.
Supplantation
Supplantation Sup`plan*ta"tion, n. [Cf. F. supplantation, L.
supplantatio hypocritical deceit.]
The act of supplanting or displacing.
Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness.
--Cloeridge.
Supplanter
Supplanter Sup*plan"ter, n.
One who supplants.
SuppleSupple Sup"ple, a. [OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex
suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf.
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
Supple Sup"ple, v. i.
To become soft and pliant.
The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell.
--Dryden.
Supple-chapped
Supple-chapped Sup"ple-chapped`, a.
Having a limber tongue. [R.] ``A supple-chapped flatterer.'
--Marston.
Supple-jackSupple-jack Sup"ple-jack`, n. (Bot.)
(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.
Note: This name is given to various plants of similar habit
in different British colonies. Supplely
Supplely Sup"ple*ly, adv.
In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly. --Cotgrave.
SupplementSupplement Sup"ple*ment, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplemented;
p. pr. & vb. n. 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. Supplementation
Supplementation Sup`ple*men*ta"tion, n.
The act of supplementing. --C. Kingsley.
SupplementedSupplement Sup"ple*ment, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplemented;
p. pr. & vb. n. 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. SupplementingSupplement Sup"ple*ment, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplemented;
p. pr. & vb. n. 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. Suppleness
Suppleness Sup"ple*ness, n.
The quality or state of being supple; flexibility;
pliableness; pliancy.
SuppletoriesSuppletory Sup"ple*to*ry, n.; pl. Suppletories.
That which is to supply what is wanted.
Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. --Jer.
Taylor. SuppletorySuppletory Sup"ple*to*ry, n.; pl. Suppletories.
That which is to supply what is wanted.
Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. --Jer.
Taylor. Supplial
Supplial Sup*pli"al, n.
The act of supplying; a supply. ``The supplial of a
preposition.' --Fitzed. Hall.
SupplianceSuppliance Sup*pli"ance, n. [From Supply.]
That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification;
satisfaction. [R.]
The perfume and suppliance of a minute. --Shak. SupplianceSuppliance Sup*pli"ance, n. [See Suppliant.]
Supplication; entreaty.
When Greece her knee in suppliance bent. --Halleck. SuppliantSuppliant Sup"pli*ant, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. 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, adv. --
Sup"pli*ant*ness, n. SuppliantlySuppliant Sup"pli*ant, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. 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, adv. --
Sup"pli*ant*ness, n. SuppliantnessSuppliant Sup"pli*ant, a. [F., p. pr. of supplier to entreat,
L. supplicare. See Supplicate, and cf. 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, adv. --
Sup"pli*ant*ness, n. Supplicancy
Supplicancy Sup"pli*can*cy, n.
Supplication. [R.]
Supplicant
Supplicant Sup"pli*cant, n.
One who supplicates; a suppliant.
The wise supplicant . . . left the event to God.
--Rogers.
Supplicat
Supplicat Sup"pli*cat, n. [L., he supplicates.] (Eng.
Universities)
A petition; esp., a written one, with a certificate that the
conditions have been complied with.
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