SUPPLETIVE

Adjective

suppletive (comparative more suppletive, superlative most suppletive)

(grammar) Which supplies an etymologically unrelated word with forms, or which is used as one of its forms, by suppletion (for example, in English, better and best are suppletive forms of good).

Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.

Noun

suppletive (plural suppletives)

(grammar) A form used by way of suppletion.

Source: Wiktionary


Sup"ple*tive, Sup"ple*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. supplétif, LL. suppletivus, from L. supplere, suppletum, to fill up. See Supply.]

Definition: Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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