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5 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Supply \Sup*ply"\, a. Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything as a supply tank or valve. {Supply system} (Zo["o]l.), the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of {Spongi[ae]}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Supply \Sup*ply"\, n.; pl {Supplies}. 1. The act of supplying; supplial. --A. Tucker. 2. That which supplies a want sufficiency of things for use or want Specifically: a Auxiliary troops or re["e]nforcements. ``My promised supply of horsemen.'' --Shak. b 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; as the army was discontented for lack of supplies. c An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as to vote supplies. d A person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit. {Stated supply} (Eccl.), a clergyman employed to supply a pulpit for a definite time, but not settled as a pastor. [U.S.] {Supply and demand}. (Polit. Econ.) ``Demand means the quantity of a given article which would be taken at a given price. Supply means the quantity of that article which could be had at that price.'' --F. A. Walker. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: supply n 1: an amount of something available for use 2: offering goods and services for sale [ant: {demand}] 3: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn: {provision}, {providing}, {supplying}] v 1: provide or furnish with "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: {provide}, {render}, {furnish}] 2: circulate or distribute; "issue a new uniform to the children" [syn: {issue}] [ant: {recall}] 3: provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: {provide}, {ply}, {cater}] 4: state or say further; " `It doesn't matter,' " he supplied" [syn: {add}, {append}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Supply, VA Zip code(s): 22559
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