supplement
noun
something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
had supplemented
-
past perfectof supplement.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Some industrious protester had supplemented that official sign with an intricately sewn copycat banner that perfectly imitated both the hue and the font used by the highway bureau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2014
They had supplemented his one-man rule with a 99-man City Council, which had cleaned up the city.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Ma had supplemented his cavalry brigade with a formidable army of Mongol and Chinese deserters from forces organized by Japanese in their "puppet" states.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before long he had supplemented Ruth Turner's Washing Talks with the more varied salesmanship of Sisters of the Skillet, Stoopnagle & Budd, and the B. A. Rolfe orchestra.
From Time Magazine Archive
Congress had supplemented the brief original Act by a prohibition of all intercourse with foreign territories by land, as well as by sea.
From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
