Obs. [? Alteration of SUPPLE v. by assimilation to SUPPLY v.1, or after apply.] = SUPPLE v. Hence Supplying ppl. a.

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1535.  Goodly Primer. A Prayer for the mollifying & supplyeng hard hearts.

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1544.  Praer, Regim. Lyfe (1560), S vj. To supply the gummes and the sinewes.

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1656.  T. de Grey’s Compl. Horsem. (ed. 3), 137. By applying supplying, or mollifying Oyles or Unguents.

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1660.  Gauden, God’s Gt. Demonstr., 33. Mercy … oyls the wheels, and supplies the joynts, that Justice goes on with less cry and complaint.

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1709.  Temple’s Misc., Ess. Gout (ed. 5), 59. They drew down the Humours, and supplied [earlier edd. suppled] the Parts, thereby making the Passages wider.

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