suppletory

English

Noun

suppletory (plural suppletories)

A source of supply.
- 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:
  Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man.
A supplement.

Adjective

suppletory (comparative more suppletory, superlative most suppletory)

(now chiefly law) Making up for deficiencies; supplementary.
a suppletory oath

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