n. the act or an instance of supplementing, esp. Linguistics the occurrence of unrelated forms to supply gaps in conjugation (e.g. went as the past of go).
Derivatives:
suppletive adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L suppletio -onis (as SUPPLY(1))
n. the act or an instance of supplementing, esp. Linguistics the occurrence of unrelated forms to supply gaps in conjugation (e.g. went as the past of go).
Derivatives:
suppletive adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF f. med.L suppletio -onis (as SUPPLY(1))
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012