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111sup|ple|tive — «suh PLEE tihv, SUHP luh », adjective. Grammar. 1. (of a word or form) used as the inflected form in a paradigm that lacks one or more inflected forms, as went in “go, went, gone,” and better, best in “good, better, best.” 2. (of a paradigm)… …
112sup|ple|to|ry — «SUHP luh TR ee, TOHR », adjective. = supplementary. (Cf. ↑supplementary) ╂[< Late Latin supplētōrium a supplement] …
113sup|pli|ance — «SUHP lee uhns», noun. = supplication. (Cf. ↑supplication) …
114sup|pli|ca|tion — «SUHP luh KAY shuhn», noun. 1. the action of supplicating: »He knelt in supplication. Their grave, white faces lifted in a single supplication to the ship (Thomas Wolfe). 2. Usually, supplications. a humble and earnest request or prayer:… …
115sup|pli|ca|to|ry — «SUHP luh kuh TR ee, TOHR », adjective. supplicating …
116sup|pli|ca|tor — «SUHP luh KAY tuhr», noun. a person or thing that supplicates; suppliant …
117sup|pli|cat — «SUHP luh kat», noun. a formal petition for a degree or its equivalent at an English university. ╂[< Latin supplicat he supplicates < supplicāre to beg, supplicate] …
118sup|pli|er — «suh PLY uhr», noun. a person or thing that supplies; provider; purveyor …
119sup|ply-sid|er — «suh PLY SY duhr», noun. a supporter or advocate of supply side economics: »Supply siders base their assumptions on the basic notion that Government had gotten so big and taxes have grown so large that the economy no longer works efficiently… …
120sup|ply-side — «suh PLY SYD», adjective. of or having to do with economic policy theoretically designed to stimulate production of goods and services in a nation s economy by such methods as reducing taxes to increase the amount of money business can invest in… …
