supplying

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supplying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. To serve instead of; to take the place of.
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              Burning ships the banished sun supply. --Waller.
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              The sun was set, and Vesper, to supply
              His absent beams, had lighted up the sky. --Dryden.
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     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.
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     4. To give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply
        money for the war. --Prior.
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     Syn: To furnish; provide; administer; minister; contribute;
          yield; accommodate.
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supplying - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  supplying
      n 1: the activity of supplying or providing something [syn:
           provision, supply, supplying]