'Suppletive' definitions:
Definition of 'Suppletive'
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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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