Supply
Definition of Supply
Sup`ply´ | v. t. | 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. | | 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. | | n. | 1. | The act of supplying; supplial. | | 2. | That which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want. | | 3. | Auxiliary troops or reënforcements. | | 4. | 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. | | 5. | An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies. | | 6. | 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. | | a. | 1. | Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve. |
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