Suppalpation
(Sup`pal*pa"tion) n. [L. suppalpari to caress a little; sub under, a little + palpare to caress.]
The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [Obs.]
Supparasitation
(Sup*par`a*si*ta"tion) n. [See Supparasite.] The act of flattering to gain favor; servile
approbation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Supparasite
(Sup*par"a*site) v. t. [L. supparasitari; sub under, a little + parasitus a parasite.] To
flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. [Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.
Suppawn
(Sup*pawn") n. See Supawn.
Suppedaneous
(Sup`pe*da"ne*ous) a. [Pref. sub- + L. pes, pedis, a foot: cf. L. suppedaneum a
footstool.] Being under the feet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Suppeditate
(Sup*ped"i*tate) v. t. [L. suppeditatus, p. p. of suppeditare to supply.] To supply; to
furnish. [Obs.] Hammond.
Suppeditation
(Sup*ped`i*ta"tion) n. [L. suppeditatio.] Supply; aid afforded. [Obs.] Bacon.
Supper
(Sup"per) n. [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup,
take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.] A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening
meal.
Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper
time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.
Supper
(Sup"per), v. i. To take supper; to sup. [R.]
Supper
(Sup"per), v. t. To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the horses." Mrs. Gaskell.
Supperless
(Sup"per*less), a. Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed. Beau.
& Fl.
Supping
(Sup"ping) n.
1. The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.
2. That which is supped; broth. [Obs.] Holland.
Supplace
(Sup*place") v. t. To replace. [R.] J. Bascom.
Supplant
(Sup*plant") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplanted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplanting.] [F. supplanter,
L. supplantare to trip up one's heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, a
sucker, slip, sprout. Cf. Plant, n.]
1. To trip up. [Obs.] "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton.
2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants
another in the favor of a mistress or a prince.
Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend.
Bp. Fell. 3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of.
You never will supplant the received ideas of God.
Landor. Syn. — To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede.
