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suppletion

sup·ple·tion [ sə plsh'n ]


noun 
Definition:
 
unrelated form among inflections of word: the use of an unrelated word to fill the gap when some inflected or derived forms of a word are missing, as "was" forms the past tense of "to be"

[14th century. Via French< medieval Latin suppletion-< past participle of Latin supplere (see supply)]

sup·ple·tive [ sə pltiv, súpplətiv ] adjective
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