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Suppletive

Suppletive \Sup"ple*tive\, Suppletory \Sup"ple*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. suppl['e]tif, LL. suppletivus, from L. supplere, suppletum, to fill up. See Supply.] Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.

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suppletive

a. 1 (context grammar English) inflect by substituting an unrelated form (for example, in English, the adjectival forms ''good'', ''better,'' ''best''). 2 Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.