"suppletory" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Late Latin suppletorius.",
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      "form": "suppletories",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A source of supply."
      ],
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        "A supplement."
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  "word": "suppletory"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Late Latin suppletorius.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more suppletory",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most suppletory",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "a suppletory oath"
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        "Making up for deficiencies; supplementary."
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        "(now chiefly law) Making up for deficiencies; supplementary."
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  "word": "suppletory"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man.",
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        "A source of supply."
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        "A supplement."
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Late Latin suppletorius.",
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      "form": "more suppletory",
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        "(now chiefly law) Making up for deficiencies; supplementary."
      ],
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