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Webster 1913 Edition

Supply

Sup-ply′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Supplied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Supplying
.]
[For older
supploy
, F.
suppléer
, 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.

Sup-ply′

,
Noun.
;
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 reenforcements.
“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.

Sup-ply′

,
Adj.
Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything;
as, a
supply
tank or valve
.
Supply system
(Zool.)
,
the system of tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are absorbed. See Illust. of
Spongiae
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Supply

SUPPLY'

,
Verb.
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'

,
Noun.
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.

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