sup·ply
(sə-plī́)
[Middle English supplien, to help, complete, furnish with additional troops, from Old French soupleer, to fill up, from Latin supplēre, sub-, from below; see sub–, + plēre, to fill.]
verb: -plied, -ply·ing, -plies.
transitive verb
- To make available for use; provide.
- To furnish or equip with: supplied sheets for every bed.
- To fill sufficiently; satisfy: supply a need.
- To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for.
- To serve temporarily as a substitute in (a church, for example).
intransitive verb
- To fill a position as a substitute.
noun: pl., -plies.
- The act of supplying.
- Something that is or can be supplied.
- An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock.
- Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed. Often used in the plural.
- Economics The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price.
- A cleric serving as a substitute or temporary pastor.
derivatives
- sup·plíer
- noun
sup·ple
(sŭṕəl)
[Middle English souple, from Old French, from Latin supplex, suppliant.]
adjective: -pler, -plest.
- Readily bent; pliant.
- Moving and bending with agility; limber.
- Yielding or changing readily; compliant or adaptable. See synonyms at flexible
tr. & intr.v.: -pled, -pling, -ples.
- To make or become supple.
derivatives
- suṕple·ness
- noun
- suṕply
- adverb
