Suppletories

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suppletory \Sup"ple*to*ry\, n.; pl. {Suppletories}.
     That which is to supply what is wanted.
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           Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. --Jer.
                                                    Taylor.


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