supper (super)

[ sup.] The evening meal; the last repast of the day; specifically, a meal taken after dinner, whether dinner is served comparatively early or in the evening; in the Bible, the principal meal of the day a late dinner (the later Ro man cena, Greek δεῖπνον ). Anon vpon ther soper was redy, She seruyd hym, in like wyse as hym ought. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 141. I have drunk too much sack at supper . Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., v. 3. 15. Last Supper, the last meal eaten by Christ with his disciples before his death, at which he instituted the Lord's Supper. Ffyrst in the sayd Cirche of Mownte Syon, in the self place wher the hyeh auter ys, ower bly yd Savior Crist Jhu made hys last soper and mawdy wt his Disci pulis. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 37. Lord's Supper. See Lord. - Paschal supper, the Pa Pa over. supper super), supper, n.] I.t in trans. To take supper; sup. This night we cut down all our corn, and many persons Mecke , Diary, Aug. 27, 1691. ( Davies .) suppered here. II. trans. To give supper to. [Rare.] Kester was suppering the horses, and in the clamp of their feet on the round stable pavement he did not hear Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, vi. her at first. supper-board (sup'er-bord), п. The table on which supper is spread. Turned to their cleanly supper - board . Words worth, Michael. suppering (sup'er-ing), n. [Verbal n. of sup per, v .] The act of taking supper; supper. [Rare.] The breakfasting-time, the preparations for dinner, and the supper ings will fill up a great part of the day in a very nece ary manner. Richardson , Pamela, II. 62. ( Davies .) supperle (sup'er-les), a . [ supper + -le .] Wanting supper; being without supper. Swearing and supperle the hero sate. supper-time (sup'ér-tim), n. supper is taken; evening. 2. 249. 6072 ção = It. supplant azione , supplantatio (n-), supplanting, hypocritical deceit, supplan- tare , supplant: see supplant .] The act of sup- planting. Johnson, Rambler, No. 9. supplanter (su-plan'tèr), n. [ supplant + -er1.] One who supplants or displaces. South , Ser- mons, VI. iii. supple (sup'l), a . soup'l and söʻpl); souple , souple , soupple , F. souple , pliant, flexible, easily bent, supple, = It. supplice , humble, suppliant, supplex , subplex ( -plic- ), humble, suppliant; not found in the lit. sense 'bending under,' 'bend- ing down'; sub , under, + plicare , bend, fold: see plicate , plait . Cf. supplicate .] 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent: as, supple joints; supple fingers. I do beseech you That are of suppler joints, follow them swiftly. Shak ., Tempest, iii. 3. 107. Will ye submit your necks, and choose to bend The supple knee? Milton , P. L., v. 788. 2. Yielding; compliant; not obstinate. A feloun firste though that he be, Aftir thou shalt hym souple se. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 3376. If it [beating]... makes not the will supple , it hardens the offender. Locke, Education, § 78. supplementation ern United States Berchemia volubil is, a high twiner of the Rhamnacea, is so called. The native supple-jack of Australia consists of varieties of the woody climber Clema tis aristata; that of New Zealand is Rubus australis, perhaps the largest known bramble, climbing over the loftest trees, also called New Zealand lawyer. supplelyt (sup'l-li), adv. Pliantly; with sup plene . Cotgrave. supplement (sup'le-ment), n. [ a book or paper. No man seweth a pacche of rude or newe clothe to an old clothe, ellis he takith awey the newe supplement or pacche, and a more brekynge is maad. Wyclif, Mark ii. 21. God, which hath done this immediately, without so much as a sickne , will also immediately, without supple ment of friends, infuse his Spirit of comfort where it is needed and deserved. Donne, Letters, cxxiv. These public affections, combined with manners, are required sometimes as supplements , sometimes as correctives, always as aids to law. Burke, Rev. in France. 21. Store; supply. . re If you be a poet, and come into the ordinary, peat by heart either some verses of your own or of any other man's;. it may chance save you the price of your ordinary, and beget you other supplements . Dekker, Gull's Hornbook, p. 118 They cover not their faces unle it be with painting, p. 3. Capable of adapting one's self to the wishes using all the supplement of a sophindys, Travaile and opinions of others; bending to the humor of others; obsequious; fawning; also, characterized by such obsequiousne , as words and acts. Having been supple and courteous to the people. Shak, Cor., ii. 2. 29. Call me not dear, Nor think with supple words to smooth the gro ne Of my abuses. Ford, "Tis Pity, ii. 2. He [Cranmer) was merely a supple , timid, interested courtier in times of frequent and violent change. Macaulay , Hallam's Const. Hist. 4t. Tending to make pliant or pliable; soothing. But his defiance and his dare to warre We swallow with the supple oile of peace. Heywood , 2 Edw. IV. (Works, ed. Pearson, 1874, I. 96). =Syn. 1. Lithe, limber, li ome. supple (sup'l), v.; pret. and pp. suppled , ppr. suppling . [ ME.souplen ; ( supple , a .] I. trans. 1. To make supple; make pliant; render flexible: as, to supple leather. IMG:content-2516.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In trigon., the quantity by which an angle or an are falls short of 180° or a semicircle. Hence, two angles which are together equal to two right angles, or two ares which are together equal to a semicircle, are the supplements of each other. Bill of revivor and supplement. See revivor.- Letters of supplement, in Scots law, letters obtained on a warrant from the Court complement of the an of Se ion, where a party is to be gle BСА. sued before an inferior court, and does not reside within its jurisdiction. In virtue of these letters the party may be cited to appear before the inferior judge.- Oath in supplement, in Scots law, an oath allowed to be given by a party in his own favor, in order to turn the semi plena probatio, which consists in the testimony of but one witne , into the plena probatio, afforded by the testimony of two witne es. = Syn. 1. Ap pendix, Supplement. An appendix contains additional matter, not e ential to the completene of the principal work, but related to it; a supplement contains additional material, completing or improving the principal work. mentar = supplement (sup'lē-ment), v. t. [= Sp. suple Pg. supple men tar; from the noun.] by additions; add something to, as to a writing, etc.; make up deficien The time when Shak . , Othello, iv.