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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUPPLY', v.t. [L. suppleo; sub and pleo, disused, to fill.]
1. To fill up, as any deficiency happens; to furnish what is wanted; to afford or furnish a sufficiency; as, to supply the poor with bread and clothing; to supply the daily wants of nature; to supply the navy with masts and spars; to supply the treasury with money. The city is well supplied with water.
I wanted nothing fortune could supply.
2. To serve instead of.
Burning ships the banish'd sun supply.
3. To give; to bring or furnish.
Nearer care supplies
Signs to my breast, and sorrow to my eyes.
4. To fill vacant room.
The sun was set, and Vesper to supply
His absent beams, had lighted up the sky.
5. To fill; as, to supply a vacancy.
6. In general, to furnish; to give or afford what is wanted.
Modern infidelity supplies no such motives.
SUPPLY', n. Sufficiency for wants given or furnished. The poor have a daily supply of food; the army has ample supplies of provisions and munitions of war. Customs, taxes and excise constitute the supplies of revenue.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, supply, supplying] v
1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide, render, furnish]
2: circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" [syn: issue, supply] [ant: recall]
3: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide, supply, ply, cater]
4: state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" [syn: add, append, supply]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (supplied; supplying) Etymology: Middle English supplien to complete, compensate for, from Middle French soupplier, from Latin suppl?re to fill up, complete, raise (a military unit, crew) to its full complement, substitute, from sub- up + pl?re to fill — more at sub-, full Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to add as a supplement 2. [Middle French souploier, alteration of soupplier] a. to provide for ; satisfy <laws by which the material wants of men are supplied — Bulletin of Bates College> b. to make available for use ; provide <supplied the necessary funds> c. to satisfy the needs or wishes of d. to furnish (organs, tissues, or cells) with a vital element (as blood or nerve fibers) 3. to substitute for another in; specifically to serve as a supply in (a church or pulpit) intransitive verb to serve as a supply or substitute • supplier noun II. noun (plural supplies) Date: 15th century 1. obsolete assistance, succor 2. a. obsolete reinforcements — often used in plural b. a member of the clergy filling a vacant pulpit temporarily c. the quantity or amount (as of a commodity) needed or available <beer was in short supply in that hot weather — Nevil Shute> d. provisions, stores — usually used in plural 3. the act or process of filling a want or need <engaged in the supply of raw materials to industry> 4. the quantities of goods or services offered for sale at a particular time or at one price 5. something that maintains or constitutes a supply

U.S. Military Dictionary

The procurement, distribution, maintenance while in storage, and salvage of supplies, including the determination of kind and quantity of supplies. a. producer phase - That phase of military supply that extends from determination of procurement schedules to acceptance of finished supplies by the Military Services. b. consumer phase — That phase of military supply which extends from receipt of finished supplies by the Military Services through issue for use or consumption. (JP 4-0)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 provide or furnish (a thing needed). 2 (often foll. by with) provide (a person etc. with a thing needed). 3 meet or make up for (a deficiency or need etc.). 4 fill (a vacancy, place, etc.) as a substitute. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 the act or an instance of providing what is needed. 2 a stock, store, amount, etc., of something provided or obtainable (a large supply of water; the gas-supply). 3 (in pl.) a the collected provisions and equipment for an army, expedition, etc. b a grant of money by Parliament for the costs of government. c a money allowance to a person. 4 (often attrib.) a person, esp. a schoolteacher or clergyman, acting as a temporary substitute for another. 5 (attrib.) providing supplies or a supply (supply officer). Phrases and idioms: in short supply available in limited quantity. on supply (of a schoolteacher etc.) acting as a supply. supply and demand Econ. quantities available and required as factors regulating the price of commodities. supply-side Econ. denoting a policy of low taxation and other incentives to produce goods and invest. Derivatives: supplier n. Etymology: ME f. OF so(u)pleer etc. f. L supplere (as SUB-, plere fill) 2. adv. (also supplely) in a supple manner .

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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].

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(supplies, supplying, supplied) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you supply someone with something that they want or need, you give them a quantity of it. ...an agreement not to produce or supply chemical weapons. ...a pipeline which will supply the major Greek cities with Russian natural gas. ...the blood vessels supplying oxygen to the brain. VERB: V n, V n with n, V n to n 2. You can use supplies to refer to food, equipment, and other essential things that people need, especially when these are provided in large quantities. What happens when food and gasoline supplies run low?... The country's only supplies are those it can import by lorry from Vietnam. N-PLURAL: oft n N 3. A supply of something is an amount of it which someone has or which is available for them to use. The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen... Most urban water supplies in the United States now contain fluoride in varying amounts. N-VAR: N of n, n N 4. Supply is the quantity of goods and services that can be made available for people to buy. (BUSINESS) Prices change according to supply and demand. ? demand 5. If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain. Food is in short supply all over the country... PHRASE: usu v-link PHR

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

su-pli': Php 4:19 for pleroo; 1Co 16:17; Php 2:30 for anapleroo; 2Co 9:12 (the King James Version); 2Co 11:9 for prosanapleroo. All three verbs mean "to fill," the 3rd containing the additional connotation "fill up to a certain point." Eph 4:16; Php 1:19 for the noun epichoregia, literally, "an additional supply." But no special force of "additional" seems to be contained in the passages. In 2Co 9:10 a; Ga 3:5; Col 2:9; 2Pe 1:5,11, we have epichoregeo, "to furnish besides," i.e. fully supply; in 2Co 9:10 b; 1Pe 4:11 the simple choregeo, "to furnish,"

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Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Provide, furnish, minister, replenish, stock, store, endue, endow, invest, fill up. 2. Give, grant, afford, accommodate with, contribute, yield, furnish. 3. Serve instead of, take the place of. 4. Fill. II. n. Stock, store, reserve, provision, hoard, fund.

Moby Thesaurus

ability, accommodate, accommodate with, accouterment, accumulation, acting, ad interim, afford, armament, assets, available means, balance, cache, capacity, capital, capital goods, capitalization, cater to, catering, chandlery, clothe, come up with, contribute, deliver, delivery, devices, dispense, disposable resources, distribute, distribution, donate, endow, endowment, equip, equipment, favor with, feed, fill, fill up, find, finding, fit out, fitting out, fulfill, fund, funds, furnish, furnishing, furnishment, give, grist, hand, hand over, heap upon, hoard, holdings, indulge with, interim, inventory, invest, investment, keep, lavish upon, liquid assets, logistics, maintain, make available, make provision for, material resources, materials, materiel, means, method, outfit, outfitting, pour on, power, preparation, prepare, present, pro tem, pro tempore, procurement, property, provide, provide for, providing, provision, provisioning, purvey, purveyance, quantity, raw material, recourses, recruit, reinforcement, replenish, replenishment, reserve, reservoir, resorts, resource, resources, resupply, retailing, rig out, satisfy, sell, selling, shower down upon, staple, stock, stocking, stockpile, stockpiling, store, stuff, subsidization, subsidize, subsidy, substances, subvention, supplying, support, surplus, transfer, turn over, victual, victualing, ways, ways and means, wherewith, wherewithal, yield