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Supplanted
- verb - take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"
Supplanter
- noun - one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another
Supplejack
- noun - walking stick made from the wood of an American tropical vine
Supplement
- noun - a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
- a supplementary component that improves capability
- add as a supplement to what seems insufficient; "supplement your diet"
- add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
- serve as a supplement to; "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet"
- textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
Suppleness
- noun - adaptability of mind or character; "he was valued for his reliability and pliability"; "he increased the leanness and suppleness of the organization"
- the gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple
- the property of being pliant and flexible
Suppletion
- unknown - in linguistics the use of an unrelated word in conjugation
e.g. 'went' as the past tense of 'go'.
Suppletory
- - Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.
Suppliance
- - That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
Suppliants
- noun - one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
Supplicant
- adjective - humbly entreating; "a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness"
- one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
- someone who prays to God