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supersede

Short Definition : replace; cause to be set aside; make obsolete; N. supersession

Definition
(verb) take the place or move into the position of
Example Sentence
  • Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
  • the computer has supplanted the slide rule
  • Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supersede

when a SUPER new thing arrives, we REPLACE /SET ASIDE the old thing because it is OBSOLETE..

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super (Latin) = over sedere (Latin) = sit (as in sedentary, sediment etc.,) So, something that sits over another makes the latter obsolete.

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A seed is eventually "replaced" with a SUPER-seed, because that's better

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supine

Short Definition : lying on back; passive; inactive; Ex. The defeated pugilist lay supine; Ex. supine acceptance of the decision

Definition
(adj) lying face upward
Synonyms : resupine
Definition
(adj) offering no resistance
Synonyms : resistless unresisting
Example Sentence
  • resistless hostages
  • No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supine

remove 'u' => spine... lying on BACK facing upward.. as good as no resistance.......OR THINK OF SPINAL CORD(SPINE) YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY REMEMBER

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In the long run, a 'Supine' persons 'Repine' for wasting so much time.

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SUPHINE. "SO FINE"... your feeling so fine that you dont resist

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Recline on your spine = SUPINE.

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Supine: S+UPine= Fac(S)e UP

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someone offers you soup, you will show no resistance!!

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Supine contains the word "UP," therefore, you are lying on your back facing UP.

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Pine is to miss. You miss someone when lying on ur back.

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support+spine

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supplant

Short Definition : take the place of unfairly; usurp; replace

Definition
(verb) take the place or move into the position of
Example Sentence
  • Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left
  • the computer has supplanted the slide rule
  • Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supplant

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Sounds like: sub + plant....i.e substitute + plant... <br>...so it is taking the place of the other plant or superseding it. Root out one plant and grow another.

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SUPer PLANT---Due to advances in agriculture, govt. is replacing all plants with SUPer PLANTs.

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supplant sounds like implants.. and implant takes the place of originality!!

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The restaurant SoUPPLANTATION is constantly SUPPLANTING its patrons with new ones throughout the day.

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o this one is easy- SUPPLY ANT as a substitute for parents in case they are not available. {The ANT brainwashes the kids into thinking she is the real parent} meaning of supplant: take the place of in a <b>scheming</b> manner

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supplant == SUPpress + PlANTation and start construction there mean u have replace smthing unfairly

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sabbatical

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SUPPLE-ANT.. the Old, senile ruler of the ANT colony was replaced by a younger, SUPPLE bodied ANT.

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sounds Supplement >>> In gym's we take supplements in order to make over t deficient nutrients in t body... hence daily food is REPLACED with an option of supplement food..

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supple

Short Definition : flexible; limber; pliant

Definition
(verb) make pliant and flexible
Example Sentence
  • These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use
Definition
(adj) moving and bending with ease Definition
(adj) (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable
Synonyms : limber
Example Sentence
  • a supple mind
  • a limber imagination
Definition
(adj) (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely
Synonyms : limber
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supple

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supple = chappal.. now the rexona ki chappal or any other slippers should be flexible and easy to bend in order to be a good chappal.. so a chappal shoul be supple or flexible, pliable ! :)

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Playing cards can be SHUFFLED because they are SUPPLE

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in Engineering supple(backlogs) are common thing, thet are FLEXIBLE

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comes from French - 'souple' which means yielding. <br>

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supply + apple = By using trays which are flexible ,pliant ,bending or folding easily without breaking or cracking so supplying apple would be easy

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suppliant

Short Definition : entreating; beseeching; N.

Definition
(noun) one praying humbly for something
Example Sentence
  • a suppliant for her favors
Definition
(adj) humbly entreating
Example Sentence
  • a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for suppliant

God, please SUPPLY me what I wANT.. a humble request!

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supple & pliant mean "flexible". Both together mean "very flexible" i.e., begging like.

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supplicant

Short Definition : one who supplicates; ADJ.

Definition
(noun) someone who prays to God
Synonyms : prayer
Definition
(noun) one praying humbly for something
Example Sentence
  • a suppliant for her favors
Definition
(adj) humbly entreating
Synonyms : suppliant supplicatory
Example Sentence
  • a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supplicant

One who says ..SUPPLy me I CANT get it on my own..

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akin to suppliant. i.e., one who is suppliant (asks something humbly).

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one who SUpplies the aPPLICANT(SUPPLIANT)

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KATE Winslet from the Titanic wanted a SUPPLY of breast implants, she had to PLEAD/BEG/supplicate her husband to buy them for her to look good in the scene.

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supplicate

Short Definition : petition humbly; pray to grant a favor

Definition
(verb) ask humbly (for something)
Example Sentence
  • He supplicated the King for clemency
Definition
(verb) make a humble, earnest petition
Example Sentence
  • supplicate for permission
Definition
(verb) ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
Example Sentence
  • supplicate God's blessing
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supplicate

if u SUPPLICATE God will SUPPLY

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supplicate, suppliant, supple, supplicant are all related terms.

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You have to write an 'Application' to ask something humbly.

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imagine u go and ask some officer that the supply of goods is very late in an humble way hence supplicate=ask in an humble way ;

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supplicate~supply+C+ate ; If you have eaten up all the supply of Chocolate you had at home you supplicate your mother to get some more from the market !

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supplicate, suppliant, supplicant = want supply, so ask humbly for it

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supposition

Short Definition : assumption; hypothesis; surmise; V. suppose

Definition
(noun) a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence Definition
(noun) a hypothesis that is taken for granted
Synonyms : assumption supposal
Example Sentence
  • any society is built upon certain assumptions
Definition
(noun) the cognitive process of supposing
Synonyms : supposal
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supposition

akin to "suppose".

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"i suppose ill take that position.." was said with mere supposition at best.

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supposititious

Short Definition : assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical

Definition
(adj) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Example Sentence
  • theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
  • the supposed reason for his absence
  • suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
  • hypothetical situation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for supposititious

supposititious~ suppose+fictitious ;suppose is to assume and fictitious can related to counterfiet and hypothetical ... make ur own stories

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suppress

Short Definition : put an end to forcibly; subdue; stifle; overwhelm; inhibit the expression of; check; prevent from being published or made public; Ex. suppress a smile; Ex. suppress the magazine/truth

Definition
(verb) to put down by force or authority
Example Sentence
  • suppress a nascent uprising
  • stamp down on littering
  • conquer one's desires
Definition
(verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
Synonyms : crush oppress
Example Sentence
  • The government oppresses political activists
Definition
(verb) control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
Synonyms : bottle up inhibit
Definition
(verb) put out of one's consciousness
Synonyms : repress
Definition
(verb) reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
Example Sentence
  • suppress a yawn
  • this drug can suppress the hemorrhage
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The celebrity said "sup press" when the press came and ruined his activity.

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to reduce by PRESSing down...

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