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suppeditation Now rare or Obs.|sʌpɛdɪˈteɪʃən|
[ad. L. suppeditātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. suppeditāre suppeditate v.1 Cf. OF. suppeditation.]
The action of supplying what is needful; supply. In first quot., service, usefulness.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xxii. §4, I cannot sufficiently maruayle that this parte of knowledge..should bee omitted both in Morality and Policy, considering it is of so great Ministery, and Suppeditation to them both. 1652Sclater Civ. Magistracy (1653) 19 The Suppeditation of wholsom pastures and provisions. 1659H. More Immort. Soul iii. xiv. §9. 478 How nimble the Soule is to act upon the suppeditation of due Matter. 1884Blackmore Hist. Sir T. Upmore II. 268 Prolonging his unjust tenure, by the suppeditation of heirs to his estate.
†b. A supplement. Obs. rare.
1639J. Saltmarsh Policy 219 A Suppeditation to the Former Policies. The Second Book. |