{ Sup`ple*men"tal (?), Sup`ple*men"ta*ry (?), } a. [Cf. F.
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.
Sup`ple*men*ta"tion (?), n. The act of supplementing. C. Kingsley.
Sup"ple*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being supple; flexibility;
pliableness; pliancy.
{ Sup"ple*tive (?), Sup"ple*to*ry (?), } a. [Cf. F. supplétif, LL.
suppletivus, from L. supplere, suppletum, to fill up. See Supply.]
Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.
Sup"ple*to*ry, n.; pl. Suppletories (&?;). That which is to supply what
is wanted.
Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man.
Jer. Taylor.
Sup*pli"al (?), n. The act of supplying; a supply. "The supplial of a
preposition." Fitzed. Hall.
Sup*pli"ance (?), n. [From Supply.] That which supplies a want;
assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. [R.]
The perfume and suppliance of a minute.
Shak.
Sup*pli"ance (?), n. [See Suppliant.] Supplication; entreaty.
When Greece her knee in suppliance bent.
Halleck.
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.