suppliance

[ suh-plahy-uhns ]

/ səˈplaɪ əns /

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noun

the act, method, or process of supplying.

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Origin of suppliance

First recorded in 1590–1600; supply¹ + -ance

Words nearby suppliance

supplementation, suppletion, suppletive, suppletory, Supplex, suppliance, suppliancy, suppliant, supplicant, supplicate, supplication

Other definitions for suppliance (2 of 2)

suppliance²

[ suhp-lee-uhns ]

/ ˈsʌp li əns /

noun

appeal; entreaty; plea; supplication: He knelt in an attitude of suppliance.

Also suppliancy.

Origin of suppliance

First recorded in 1605–15; suppli(ant) + -ance

How to use suppliance in a sentence

And with arms still raised in suppliance for his great unselfish soul, he sprang out backward to the darkening sea.
Atlantic Narratives|Mary Antin
"It will make in all three thousand francs," said the old man, smiling agreeably, but folding his hands in instinctive suppliance.
The American|Henry James
“When Greece her knees in suppliance bent,” when he stuck there.
Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. I|Various
The beggar made his plea and, with a dirty palm outstretched, waited in patient suppliance.
From Place to Place|Irvin S. Cobb

The happy suppliance of Theobald, universally adopted with the change of his for to so.
The Shakespeare-Expositor: An Aid to the Perfect Understanding of Shakespeare's Plays|Thomas Keightley