sup|ple|tive

sup|ple|tive
sup|ple|tive «suh PLEE tihv, SUHP luh-», adjective. Grammar.
1. (of a word or form) used as the inflected form in a paradigm that lacks one or more inflected forms, as went in “go, went, gone,” and better, best in “good, better, best.”
2. (of a paradigm) containing one or more such words or forms.
╂[< Medieval Latin suppletivus < Latin supplēre; see etym. under supply1 (Cf. ↑supply)]

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  • sup — cat·sup; pre·sup·pos·al; pre·sup·pose; pre·sup·po·si·tion; pre·sup·po·si·tion·less; pre·sup·pres·sion; sup; sup·pe·da·ne·um; sup·per·less; sup·ping; sup·plant; sup·plan·ta·tion; sup·plant·er; sup·ple·ly; sup·ple·men·tar·i·ly; sup·ple·men·ta·tion; …   English syllables

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  • suppletive — sup·ple·tive …   English syllables

  • suppletively — sup·ple·tive·ly …   English syllables

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