Sup"per , v. t. To supply with supper. [R.]
"Kester was suppering the horses."
Mrs. Gaskell.
Sup"per , v. i. To take supper; to sup. [R.]
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.
&fist; 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.
Hear it pronounced