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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.

Sup*ped"i*tate (?), v. t. [L. suppeditatus, p. p. of suppeditare to supply.] To supply; to furnish. [Obs.] Hammond.

Sup*ped`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. suppeditatio.] Supply; aid afforded. [Obs.] Bacon.

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.

Sup"per, v. i. To take supper; to sup. [R.]

Sup"per, v. t. To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the horses." Mrs. Gaskell.

Sup"per*less, a. Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed. Beau. & Fl.

Sup"ping (?), n. 1. The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper.

2. That which is supped; broth. [Obs.] Holland.

Sup*place" (?), v. t. To replace. [R.] J. Bascom.

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.

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Sup`plan*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. supplantation, L. supplantatio hypocritical deceit.] The act of supplanting or displacing.

Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness.

Cloeridge.

Sup*plan"ter (?), n. One who supplants.

Sup"ple (?), a. [OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf. Supplicate.] 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.

2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse.

If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.

Locke.