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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•ple•tive (sə plē′tiv, sup′li tiv),USA pronunciation adj. [Gram.]- Grammarserving as an inflected form of a word with a totally different stem, as went, the suppletive past of go.
- Grammarincluding one or more such forms:a suppletive paradigm.
- Grammarcharacterized by the use of such forms:suppletive inflection.
- Medieval Latin supplētīvus, equivalent. to Latin supplēt(us) (past participle of supplēre to fill up; see suppletion) + -īvus -ive
- 1810–20
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