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| Supply |
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. |
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| Supply |
To serve instead of; to take the place of. |
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| Supply |
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. |
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| Supply |
To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war. |
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| Supply |
The act of supplying; supplial. |
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| Water supply |
A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like. |
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