A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and
suppled her will.
Locke.
They should supple our stiff willfulness.
Barrow.
Sup"ple, v. i. To become soft and pliant.
The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell.
Dryden.
Sup"ple-chapped` (?), a. Having a limber tongue. [R.] "A supple-chapped
flatterer." Marston.
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.
This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different
British colonies.
Sup"ple*ly, adv. In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly.
Cotgrave.
Sup"ple*ment (?), n. [F. supplément, L. supplementum, fr. supplere to
fill up. See Supply, v. t.] 1. That which supplies a deficiency, or
meets a want; a store; a supply. [Obs.] 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.
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.