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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Supply \Sup*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supplied}; p. pr & vb
n. {Supplying}.] [For older supploy, F. suppl['e]er, OF also
supployer (assumed) LL suppletare from L. supplere
suppletum sub under + plere to fill, akin to plenus full.
See {Plenty}.]
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. 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 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. 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
supplying
n : the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: {provision},
{providing}, {supply}]
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