SUPPLY

supply. Supply, v.t. to fill up, afford, furnish, relieve

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Sup‐ply″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Supplying (?).] [[For older supploy, F. suppléer, OF. also supployer, (assumed) LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to fill, akin to plenus full. See Plenty.]] 1. 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; — often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition.
2. 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. 3. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit.
4. 4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war. Prior.
Syn. — To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute; yield; accommodate.