Word Meanings - SUPPING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper. 2. That which is supped; broth. Holland.

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• SUPPLANT
  heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "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
• SUPPING
  1. The act of one who sups; the act of taking supper. 2. That which is supped; broth. Holland.
• SUPPLICATE
  supplicate; of uncertain origin, cf. supplex, supplicis, humbly begging or entreating; perhaps fr. sub under + a word akin to placare to reconcile, appease , or fr. sub under + plicare to fold, whence the idea of bending the knees . Cf. 1. To
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• TAKING
  1. Apt to take; alluring; attracting. Subtile in making his temptations most taking. Fuller. 2. Infectious; contageous. Beau. & Fl. -- Tak"ing*ly, adv. -- Tak"ing*ness, n.
• SUPPLYMENT
  A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
• SUPPLY
  1. The act of supplying; supplial. A. Tucker. 2. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. Specifically: -- Auxiliary troops or reënforcements. "My promised supply of horsemen." Shak. The food, and the like, which meets
• SUPPLEMENT
  The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180°; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle. Syn. -- Appendix. -- Appendix, Supplement. An appendix is that which
• SUPPLICANT
  Entreating; asking submissively. Shak. -- Sup"pli*cant*ly, adv.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• SUPPEDANEOUS
  Being under the feet. Sir T. Browne.
• HOLLANDAISE SAUCE; HOLLANDAISE
  A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.
• SUPPORTFUL
  Abounding with support. Chapman.
• BROTHERLY
  Like a brother; affectionately; kindly. "I speak but brotherly of him." Shak.
• SUPPORTLESS
  Having no support. Milton.
• SUPPARASITE
  To flatter; to cajole; to act the parasite. Dr. R. Clerke.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• SUPPLELY
  In a supple manner; softly; pliantly; mildly. Cotgrave.
• TAKE-OFF
  An imitation, especially in the way of caricature.
• UNMISTAKABLE
  Incapable of being mistaken or misunderstood; clear; plain; obvious; evident. -- Un`mis*tak"a*bly, adv.
• LEAVE-TAKING
  Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
• MISTAKING
  An error; a mistake. Shak.
• ALEMBROTH
  The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant. Brande & C.
• MISTAKINGLY
  Erroneously.
• HELLBROTH
  A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation. Shak.
• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.