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supplement


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supplement  \Sup"ple*ment\,  n.  [F.  suppl['e]ment,  L. 
  supplementum  fr  supplere  to  fill  up  See  {Supply},  v.  t.] 
  1.  That  which  supplies  a  deficiency,  or  meets  a  want  a 
  store;  a  supply.  [Obs.]  --Chapman. 
 
  2.  That  which  fills  up  completes,  or  makes  an  addition  to 
  something  already  organized,  arranged,  or  set  apart; 
  specifically,  a  part  added  to  or  issued  as  a  continuation 
  of  a  book  or  paper,  to  make  good  its  deficiencies  or 
  correct  its  errors. 
 
  3.  (Trig.)  The  number  of  degrees  which  if  added  to  a 
  specified  arc,  make  it  180[deg];  the  quantity  by  which  an 
  arc  or  an  angle  falls  short  of  180  degrees,  or  an  arc 
  falls  short  of  a  semicircle. 
 
  Syn:  Appendix. 
 
  Usage:  {Appendix},  {Supplement}.  An  appendix  is  that  which  is 
  appended  to  something  but  is  not  essential  to  its 
  completeness;  a  supplement  is  that  which  supplements, 
  or  serves  to  complete  or  make  perfect,  that  to  which 
  it  is  added. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supplement  \Sup"ple*ment\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Supplemented}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Supplementing}.] 
  To  fill  up  or  supply  by  addition;  to  add  something  to 
 
  Causes  of  one  kind  must  be  supplemented  by  bringing  to 
  bear  upon  them  a  causation  of  another  kind  --I. 
  Taylor. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supplement 
  n  1:  textual  matter  that  is  added  onto  a  publication;  usually  at 
  the  end  [syn:  {addendum},  {postscript}] 
  2:  a  quantity  added;  e.g.  to  make  up  for  a  deficiency 
  3:  a  supplementary  component  [syn:  {accessory},  {appurtenance}] 
  v  1:  add  as  a  supplement 
  2:  add  to  the  very  end  "He  appended  a  glossary  to  his  novel 
  where  he  used  an  invented  language"  [syn:  {append},  {add 
  on},  {affix}] 




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