Now rare or Obs. [ad. L. suppeditātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. suppeditāre SUPPEDITATE v.1 Cf. OF. suppeditation.] The action of supplying what is needful; supply. In first quot., service, usefulness.
1605. Bacon, Adv. Learn., II. xxii. § 4. I cannot sufficiently maruayle that this parte of knowledge … should bee omitted both in Morality and Policy, considering it is of so great Ministery, and Suppeditation to them both.
1652. Sclater, Civ. Magistracy (1653), 19. The Suppeditation of wholsom pastures and provisions.
1659. H. More, Immort. Soul, III. xiv. § 9. 478. How nimble the Soule is to act upon the suppeditation of due Matter.
1884. Blackmore, Hist. Sir T. Upmore, II. 268. Prolonging his unjust tenure, by the suppeditation of heirs to his estate.
† b. A supplement. Obs. rare.
1639. Saltmarshe, Policy, 219. A Suppeditation to the Former Policies. The Second Book.
