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.
☞ 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.