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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Supply

Sup-ply′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. SUPPLIED; p. pr. & vb. n. SUPPLYING.] [Fr. suppléer, Pr. supplir, Sp. suplir, Pg. supprir, It. supplire, Lat. supplere, from sub, under, and plere, to fill.]

  1. To fill up, as any deficiency happens; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford or furnish a sufficiency for; as, to supply the poor with bread and clothing; to supply the treasury with money.
  2. To serve instead of; to take the place of.

Burning ships the banished sun supply. Waller. The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. Dryden. 3. To give; to bring or furnish. Nearer care supplies Sighs to my breast, and sorrow to my eyes. Prior. Syn.—To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate.

Sup-ply′, n.

noun

n.; pl. SUP-PLĪES′/. 1. That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want.

  1. Especially, the food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; — used chiefly in the plural.
  2. An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; — used in the plural; as, to vote supplies.