To SUPERSEDE, (Remplacer, Fr.) See [To Respite].
To be SUPERSEDED, (Etre remplacé, Fr.) Both these terms are used by the French in the same military sense that we employ them, viz. to be deprived of rank and pay for some offence, and to have others put in one’s stead.
SUPPLEANT, Fr. A substitute. Any person named to do the functions of another.
SUPPLEMENT. Addition; augmentation, in case of deficiency.
Supplement of an arch. In geometry or trigonometry, the number of degrees which it wants of being an entire semicircle; as complement signifies what an arch wants of being a quadrant.
Supplement d’un angle, Fr. Supplement of an angle. The number of degrees which are wanting in an angle to constitute or make up two angles.
Supplement, Fr. A certain pecuniary allowance, over and above the ordinary pay or subsistence, which was given by the king to officers belonging to the old French service.
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(Supplementaire, Fr.) Additional; such as fills up what is wanting.
SUPPLY. Relief of want; making up of deficiencies. A fresh supply of troops, ammunition, &c.