单词 | suppletory |
释义 | suppletoryadj.n. A. adj. That makes good a deficiency; supplementary; = suppletive adj. 1. With of, to. Now chiefly Law.In quot. a1631 = expletive adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > making complete > by supplying what is wanting supplemental1605 supplianta1616 suppletorya1631 suppletive1633 expletive1652 eking1653 supplementary1667 makeweight1701 suppl.1800 supplementing1851 make-up1885 add-on1955 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > serving to fill out sentence, etc. expletivec1450 suppletorya1631 expletory1679 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 292 Many men have..certaine suppletory phrases, which fall often upon their tongue, and which they repeat almost in every sentence; and, for the most part, impertinently; and..have certaine suppletory Oathes, with which they fill up their Discourse. 1656 J. Bramhall Replic. to Bishop of Chalcedon ix. 372 Let him that dare..say that it is a suppletorie Sacrifice, to supply the defects of the Sacrifice of the Cross. 1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence i. 42 A Book..which..will be suppletory of all such defects. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. i. §7 As a suppletory ornament to the deckings of gold and pearl and costly aray. 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata x. 130 Am-wobr,..a suppletory Mulct, payable to the chief Lord of the Place. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1778 II. 229 Johnson: His hope of salvation must be founded on..obedience; and where obedience has failed, then as suppletory to it, repentance. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xiv. 274 This double or suppletory provision [of teeth]. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 305 By suppletory or explanatory evidence. 1856 W. A. Butler Lect. Hist. Anc. Philos. I. 114 The genus ‘pronoun’ does not more truly classify the words in a language that are suppletory of nouns. 1874 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. (ed. 7) III. 446 Equity..a..portion of our juridical system—distinct from and suppletory to the common law. 1934 M. R. Dobie tr. H. Hubert Rise of Celts i. ii. 49 The word must be an old word kept in Irish alone, or a suppletory term of general meaning. 1982 S. Kuttner in R. L. Benson et al. Renaissance & Renewal in Twelfth Cent. (1991) iv. 306 The only legal order from which the jurists could have formed a true ‘common’ law, a viable fusion of Roman and Germanic elements, by consistently applying the doctrine of the Expositio on the lex Romana as common to all and therefore suppletory to their own statute. 1993 J. H. Provost in J. P. Langan Catholic Universities in Church & Soc. 108 When the apostolic constitution was promulgated, the Latin code's provisions did provide suppletory law for Eastern churches as needed. 2002 tr. Spanish Constit. in F. Valandro Nation of Nations 167 State law shall in any case be suppletory of that of the Self-governing Communities. B. n. A thing added to make good a deficiency or as an enhancement; a supplement. With of, to. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [noun] > by supplying what is wanting > one who or that which supplies what is wanted supplier1574 supplementer1644 suppletory1647 supplementor1697 makeweight1750 adjunctive1755 expletivea1878 add-on1930 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική iii. 72 His Commission is to be enlarged by a suppletory of reason and consequences. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. §20. 70 The rite of confirmation..is an admirable suppletory of an early Baptisme. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 86 Force must be made use of as a Suppletory to the defects of Reason. a1699 T. Comber Expos. Lord's Prayer in Compan. Temple (1702) II. 475 A Suppletory for any particular omitted. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility iv. 162 I look upon grace as the suppletory of corrupt nature. 1738 W. Simpson Great Benefit of Good Example 23 This Kind of Charity needs not to recommend itself, or raise its own Worth by depreciating others, with which it heartily concurs: nay, it is a necessary Suppletory, to make some of them more effectual. 1775 T. Hutchinson Diary 4 June in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. 36 (1900) 12 He gave a hint about the Hessian and Hanoverian troops, but seemed to suppose them to serve as a suppletory for troops to go from home, rather than to be sent to America themselves. 1914 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 11 Jan. 28/4 He is adding a suppletory to what has been called his powerful speech on the currency. Compounds suppletory oath n. Law (now historical) an oath of a party on his or her own behalf as confirmation of otherwise inadmissible or inconclusive evidence; cf. oath in supplement at supplement n.1 2b. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > types of oath fore-oatha1000 decisory oath1593 voir dire1676 suppletory oatha1691 oath in supplement1838 a1691 T. Barlow Several Misc. & Weighty Cases (1692) iv. 123 If there is any stress laid upon that additional proof made by her suppletory Oath, that's as weak as the rest, for that is not admissible by Law. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani [305] If I can only prove the Tenor thereof by one Witness, I shall not be admitted to the Suppletory Oath through a Defect of Evidence. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. iii. xxiii. 369 Abroad..a man's own books of accounts..with the suppletory oath of the merchant, amount at all times to full proof. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. vi. iv. 563 The suppletory oath is admitted in default of other sufficient evidence. 1884 Northwestern Reporter 19 82 It is no longer necessary to authenticate account-books by the suppletory oath of the person who actually made the entries. 1920 Atlantic Reporter 109 9/1 Plaintiff did not offer an original book of entries of business transactions, regularly kept, showing of itself a charge against decedent's estate, with her suppletory oath to the entries therein made. 1993 Arab Law Q. 8 75 The information confirmed therein with regard to that which the traders supply and which is essentially valid, permit the judge to direct the suppletory oath to either party. Derivatives ˈsuppletorily adv. rare ΚΠ a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 290 This personall name of the Father (It pleased the Father) is but added suppletorily by our Translators, and is not in the Originall. 2006 BusinessWorld (Philippines) (Nexis) 14 Sept. s1/3 The CAO also applies suppletorily to TCCs jointly issued by the BoC and OSS-Center. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1631 |
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