Store \Store\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Storing.]
[OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore,
store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in
+ staurare (in comp.) Cf. Instore, Instaurate, Restore,
Story a floor.]
1. To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay
away.
Dora stored what little she could save. --Tennyson.
2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or
furnish against a future time.
Her mind with thousand virtues stored. --Prior.
Wise Plato said the world with men was stored.
--Denham.
Having stored a pond of four acres with carps,
tench, and other fish. --Sir M. Hale.
3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for
preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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