Sup"per (?), n. [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.]
A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
⇒ Supper is much used in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, supper time or supper-time, supper bell, supper hour, etc.
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Sup"per, v. i.
To take supper; to sup.
[R.]
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Sup"per, v. t.
To supply with supper.
[R.] "Kester was
suppering the horses."
Mrs. Gaskell.
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