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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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