Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: supplant – suppress
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supplant (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [L. 'to trip up, overthrow'; sub + planta, the bottom of the foot.]
Replace; overtake; better; surpass.
supple (-st), adj. [OFr < L. 'bending over, submissive, suppliant'; sub + plicāre, to fold.]
- Soft; pliable; weak; breakable; easy to bend.
- Compliant; agreeable; unobtrusive; unassuming; subtle.
supplement (-s), n. [see supply, n.]
Addition; enhancement.
supplicate (supplicating), v. [L. sub + plicare, to bend.]
Pray; plead; petition; humbly ask.
supply, n. [L. sub + pleo, to fill.]
Provision; store; reserve; reservoir; well.
supply (supplied, supplies), v. [see supply, n.]
- Provide; attend to; take care of; [fig.] refill; replenish; keep full.
- Reward; furnish; impart.
- Bestow; give what is wanted; provide with what is needed.
- Satisfy; satiate; gratify.
support (-ing, -s), v. [L. sub + portare, to convey, to carry.]
- Reassure; nourish; sustain; back.
- Hold up; [fig.] act like a foundation.
suppose (-d), v. [L. sub + poser, to represent.]
- Believe; think; assume.
- Conclude; expect; presume.
- Predict; speculate; imagine.
- Guess; reckon; surmise.
supposition, n. [L. 'to suppone'.]
Belief; conjecture; assumption; expected truthfulness of things.
suppress (-ed), v. [L. sub and preměre, to press.]
Control; hold back; keep under.