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sup·ple·men·tal

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–adjective

1.	supplementary.

2.	nonscheduled (def. 2).

3.	(of a pleading, an affidavit, etc.) added to furnish what is lacking or missing.

–noun

4.	anything that is supplemental: supplementals attached to the bill in committee.

[Origin: 1595–1605; supplement + -al¹

]

—Related forms

sup·ple·men·tal·ly, adverb

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n.

Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.
A section added to a book or document to give further information or to correct errors.
A separate section devoted to a special subject inserted into a periodical, such as a newspaper.
Mathematics The angle or arc that when added to a given angle or arc makes 180° or a semicircle. Also called supplementary angle.

tr.v. (-měnt') sup·ple·ment·ed, sup·ple·ment·ing, sup·ple·ments
To provide or form a supplement to.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin supplēmentum, from supplēre, to complete; see supply.]

sup'ple·men·tar'i·ty (-târ'ĭ-tē) n., sup'ple·men'ta·ry (-měn'tə-rē, -trē), sup'ple·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj., sup'ple·men·ta'tion (-měn-tā'shən) n.

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supplemental
adjective
1.	functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary]
2.	added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary]

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Supplemental

Re*serve"\, n. [F. r['e]serve.]

1. The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation.

However any one may concur in the general scheme, it is still with certain reserves and deviations. --Addison.

2. That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.

The virgins, besides the oil in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply. --Tillotson.

3. That which is excepted; exception.

Each has some darling lust, which pleads for a reserve. --Rogers.

4. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

My soul, surprised, and from her sex disjoined, Left all reserve, and all the sex, behind. --Prior.

The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme. --Hawthorne.

5. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

6. (Mil.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

7. (Banking) Funds kept on hand to meet liabilities.

In reserve, in keeping for other or future use; in store; as, he has large quantities of wheat in reserve; he has evidence or arguments in reserve.

Reserve air. (Physiol.) Same as Supplemental air, under Supplemental.

Syn: Reservation; retention; limitation; backwardness; reservedness; coldness; restraint; shyness; coyness; modesty.

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