SUPPERS

Noun

suppers

plural of supper

Verb

suppers

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of supper

Anagrams

• press-up

Source: Wiktionary


SUPPER

Sup"per, n. Etym: [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.]

Definition: A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

Note: 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, v. i.

Definition: To take supper; to sup. [R.]

Sup"per, v. t.

Definition: To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the horses." Mrs. Gaskell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(adverb) at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative; “Alice doesn’t live here anymore”; “the children promised not to quarrel any more”


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