SUPPLYING
provision, supply, supplying
(noun) the activity of supplying or providing something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
supplying
present participle of supply
Source: Wiktionary
SUPPLY
Sup*ply", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplied; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplying.]
Etym: [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", n.; 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 reënforcements. "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", a.
Definition: Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything;
as, a supply tank or valve. Supply system (Zoöl.), the system of
tubes and canals in sponges by means of which food and water are
absorbed. See Illust. of Spongiæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition