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Ross

I believe the answer is:

eke

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'supplement' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for eke that I've seen before include "long ago" , "Make a laborious living" , "Make last longer" , "Make a living laboriously - a palindrome" , "addition to Scots" .)

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