suppletive
Adjective
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Adjective
suppletive
- (grammar) Which supplies an etymologically unrelated word with forms, or which is used as one of its forms, by suppletion (for example, in English, better and best are suppletive forms of good).
- Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.
- Labine v. Vincent, 401 U.S. 532 (1971), Harlan, J., concurring:
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- Labine v. Vincent, 401 U.S. 532 (1971), Harlan, J., concurring:
- French: supplétif
- German: suppletivisch
- Portuguese: supletivo
- Russian: супплети́вный
- Spanish: supletivo
suppletive (plural suppletives)
- (grammar) A form used by way of suppletion.
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