suppl

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To displace and take the place of; to supersede; to remove or displace by stratagem; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suspecting that the courtier had supplanted the friend. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To overthrow, undermine, or force away, in order to get a substitute in place of. [ obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You never will supplant the received ideas of God. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To remove (a thing) and replace it with something else. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- To remove; displace; overpower; undermine; overthrow; supersede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. supplantation, L. supplantatio hypocritical deceit. ] The act of supplanting or displacing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness. Cloeridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supplants. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become soft and pliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stones . . .
Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Suppled p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling ] 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

They should supple our stiff willfulness. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a limber tongue. [ R. ] “A supple-chapped flatterer.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub (Berchemia volubilus) of the Southern United States, having a tough and pliable stem. (b) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was in form and spirit like a supple-jack, . . . yielding, but tough; though he bent, he never broke. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This name is given to various plants of similar habit in different British colonies. [ 1913 Webster ]