SUPPLETION


Meaning of SUPPLETION in English

n. (Linguistics and Etymology) use of a word as tense or inflection of a completely different word that is not related to the uninflected form (e.g., the past tense of the verb "go" is "went" which derives from the past tense of the verb "wend"; "was" is the the past tense of "to be") )

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