Supplemented
['sʌplə,mɛnt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Supplement
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Examples
- The hunters of the third and last stage of the later Pal?olithic Age appear to have supplemented a diminishing food supply by fishing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among the fibers employed in rope making that of the hemp plant long held the supremacy, though in recent years it has been largely supplemented by other and stronger fibers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But the nutritive foods should be wisely supplemented by such foods as fruits, whose real value is one of indirect rather then direct service. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Harvesters for grass and grain have been supplemented by Corn, Cotton, Potato and Flax Harvesters. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Flax, wool, silk, and cotton have been supplemented with the fibres of metal, of glass, of cocoanut, pine needles, ramie, wood-pulp, and of many other plants, leaves and grasses. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The argument, as in the Phaedo and Gorgias, is supplemented by the vision of a future life. Plato. The Republic.
- In agriculture, the reaper has been supplemented with threshing machines, seeders, drills, cultivators, horse rakes and plows. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is one not likely to be supplemented in times of peace, since surface boats would be cheaper and more available. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And the idea of the State is supplemented by the revelation of a future life. Plato. The Republic.
- But while the supply furnished by the daily food is considerable, it is by no means sufficient, and should be supplemented by good drinking water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The series winding was supplemented by resistance-boxes, also capable of being plugged in or out of circuit. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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