Usually means: Irregular forms not derived predictably.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word suppletive:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. suppletive: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. suppletive: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. suppletive: Collins English Dictionary
  4. suppletive: Wordnik
  5. suppletive: Wiktionary
  6. suppletive: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Suppletive, suppletive: Dictionary.com
  8. Suppletive: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Suppletive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Suppletive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. suppletive: Free Dictionary
  12. Suppletive: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. suppletive: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (suppletive)

adjective:  Making up for deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.
adjective:  (grammar) Supplying an etymologically unrelated word with forms, or which is used as one of its forms, by suppletion (for example, in English, better and best are suppletive forms of good).
adjective:  (law) Relating to laws which can apply in a contract if the parties choose to agree to this.
noun:  (grammar) A form used by way of suppletion.

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