Supply \Sup*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplied; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplying.]

[For older supploy, F. suppl['e]er, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)