SUPPLY

I. verb (supplied; ~ing) see: sub- Date: 14th century transitive verb to add as a supplement, 2. \Middle French souploier, alteration of soupplier] to provide for ; satisfy , to make available for use ; provide , to satisfy the needs or wishes of, to furnish (organs, tissues, or cells) with a vital element (as blood or nerve fibers), to substitute for another in, intransitive verb to serve as a ~ or substitute, supplier noun II. noun (plural supplies) Date: 15th century assistance , succor , 2. reinforcements, a member of the clergy filling a vacant pulpit temporarily, the quantity or amount (as of a commodity) needed or available , provisions, stores, the act or process of filling a want or need , the quantities of goods or services offered for sale at a particular time or at one price, something that maintains or constitutes a ~