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Webster 1913 Edition
Supper
Sup′per
,Noun.
[OE.
soper
, super
, OF. super
, soper
, F. souper
; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup
, and cf. Sup
to take supper.] A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
☞ Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.
Sup′per
,Verb.
I.
To take supper; to sup.
[R.]
Sup′per
,Verb.
T.
To supply with supper.
[R.]
“Kester was suppering the horses.” Mrs. Gaskell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Supper
SUP'PER
,Noun.