supinator

[Mod. Lat., from Lat. supino =to place or throw on the back.] Anat .: A name given to two muscles, the supinator radii long us and the supinator radii brevis , which turn the palm of the hand upward. The latter muscle has the greater influence in producing this result. sû-pine, sû-pine', a . & s. [Lat. supinus=backward, lying on one's back; connected with sub = under; cf. Gr. hyptios =bent backward, lying on one's back, from hypo =under; Fr. sup in ; Sp., Port., & Ital. supino .] A. Adjective (pron. su - pine '): 1. Lying on the back or with the face upward. (Opposed to prone .) "Black was the covering too, where lay the god And slept supine , his limbs display'd abroad." Dryden: Ovid: Metamorphoses, x. *2. Leaning or inclined backward; inclined, sloping. (Said of parts of the earth.) ( Dryden : Virgil ; Georgic ii. 372.) 3. Negligent, listle , carele , heedle , indolent, thoughtle . (Cowper: Progre of Error , 9.) 4. Characterized by or exhibiting listle ne , carele ne , or supinene . "Whose supine felicity but makes In story chasms, in epoches mistakes." Dryden; Astraa Redux , 108. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-0599.jpg:[graphic] sup-plant', v. t. [Fr. supplanter , from Lat. sup- plan to =to put something under the sole of the foot, to trip up, to overthrow: sup (for sub )=under, and planta the sole of the foot.] *1. To trip up. Each other, till supplanted down he fell." Milton: P. L., x. 513. 2. To overthrow; to cause the downfall of. "The cruel means you practiced to supplant me." Mas singer: Renegado , iv. 2. "War followed for revenge, or to supplant The envied tenants of some happier spot." Cowper: Task , i. 609. 4. To displace or remove by stratagem or craft; to displace and take the place of; as, to supplant a rival in the favor or affection. IMG:content-0600.png:[blocks in formation] II. Trigon.: The supplement of an angle, or of an arc of a circle, is the remainder obtained by sub tracting the angle, or arc, from 180° or two right angles. If the angle ex- ceeds 180° the supplement will be negative. Two an- gles which are together equal to two night angles, or two arcs which are to- gether equal to 180° or a semicircle, are the supple- ments of each other. sup'-plě-měnt, v . trans . [SUPPLEMENT, 8.] To fill *5. To root up or out; to displace. *sŭp-plant' s. [SUPPLANT, v.] Stratagem, craft, up, supply, or complete by trickery. "But the i that worchen by supplant ." Gower: C. A., ii. *sup-plant-a-ry, *sup-plant-e-rie, s. [SUP- PLANT, v.] The act of supplanting. "My sonne yet there is the fifte, Whiche is conceiued of enuie, And cleped is supplanterie ." IMG:content-0601.png:[blocks in formation] sup-ple, *sou-ple, a. [Fr. souple , from Latin supplicem , acc us. of supplex =bending under, sub- mi ive: sub =under, and plec- , base of plecto =to fold.] "The tribute of his supple knee." Shakesp.: Richard II ., 1. 4. 2. Yielding, compliant, not obstinate. 3. Capable of molding one's self to suit a pur- pose; bending to the humor of others; flattering, fawning, servile. "Sunder land came forth from the bad school in which he had been brought up, cunning, supple , shamele , free from all prejudices, and destitute of all principles.-" Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. ii. *supple-chapped, adj . Having a supple jaw; having an oily tongue. supple-jack, 8 . I. Ord. Lang .: A child's toy with hinged joints, the motions of which are generally controlled by a 1. Various Paul lin i as, specially Paullinia poly- phylla , a native of Jamaica. The stalk is slender, woody, tough, and flexile, and ascends to a consider- able height. When mature, the wood is cut down, barked, and then converted into walking-sticks. "Here's supple - jack plenty, and store of rattan." Cowper : Sweet Meat has Sour Sauce. 2. Serjania triter nat a . 3. Cardios per mum grandiflorum . sup'-ple, *sou-ple, v . t . & i . [SUPPLE, a.] A. Transitive : 1. To make supple, pliant, or flexible. "Poultices allaying pain, drew down the humours, and suppled the parts, thereby making the pa ages wider." Temple. 2. To make compliant, yielding, submi ive, or humble. "A mother persisting till she had bent her daugher's mind, and suppled her will."- Locke : On Education. 3. To train for military purposes, as a horse. *4. To soothe. "Be not afraid, ye haue salues inoughe to souple that sore."- Fryth : Workes , p. 79. Did first the rigor of their kind expel, And suppled into softne as they fell." Dryden: Ovid ; Metamorphoses i. *sup-ple-ly, adv . [Eng. supple , a.; -ly.] In a supple manner; softly, pliaintly, mildly. sup'-plě-měnt, s . [Fr., from Lat. supple mentum =a supplement, a filling up; suppleo to fill up: sup (for sub )=under, and pleo =to fill.] IMG:content-0602.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0603.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0604.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0605.png:[blocks in formation] Milton: P. L. , 1. 112. B. As subst.: One who supplicates; a humble petitioner; one who begs earnestly and humbly; a supplicant. In law, the actor in or a party preferring a petition of right. (Wharton.) "He was soon surrounded by flatterers and suppliants ." -Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. iv. sup-pli-ant-ly, adv. [Eng. suppliant (2); -ly.] In a suppliant manner; like a suppliant. "Suppliantly implore the divine mercy."- Student , i. 139.