To fill up, as any deficiency happens; to furnish what is wanted; to afford or furnish a sufficiency; as, to supply the poor with bread and clothing; to supply the daily wants of nature; to supply the navy with masts and spars; to supply the treasury with money. The city is well supplied with water. I wanted nothing fortune could supply.

To serve instead of. Burning ships the banish’d sun supply.

To give; to bring or furnish. Nearer care supplies . Signs to my breast, and sorrow to my eyes.

To fill vacant room. The sun was set, and Vesper to supply . His absent beams, had lighted up the sky.

To fill; as, to supply a vacancy.

In general, to furnish; to give or afford what is wanted. Modern infidelity supplies no such motives.

Sufficiency for wants given or furnished. The poor have a daily supply of food; the army has ample supplies of provisions and munitions of war. Customs, taxes and excise constitute the supplies of revenue.