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Pronunciation : Sup"per
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. soper, super, OF. super, soper, F. souper; originally an infinitive, to sup, take a meal. See Soup, and cf. Sup to take supper.]
Definition : Defn: A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.

Note: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sup"per
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To take supper; to sup. [R.]

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sup"per
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the horses." Mrs. Gaskell.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913