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sup
1or 'sup
[ suhp ]
sup
2[ suhp ]
verb (used without object)
supped, supping.
- to eat the evening meal; have supper.
verb (used with object)
supped, supping.
- to provide with or entertain at supper.
sup
3[ suhp ]
verb (used with object)
supped, supping.
- to take (liquid food, or any liquid) into the mouth in small quantities, as from a spoon or cup; sip.
verb (used without object)
supped, supping.
- to take liquid into the mouth in small quantities, as by spoonfuls or sips.
noun
- a mouthful or small portion of drink or liquid food; sip.
sup
4[ soop ]
noun
Mathematics.
sup-
5- variant of sub- before p:
suppose.
sup.
6abbreviation for
- superior.
- superlative.
- supine.
- supplement.
- supplementary.
- supply.
- supra.
sup.
1abbreviation for
- above
- superior
- grammar superlative
sup
2/ ²õÊŒ±è /
verb
- archaic.intr to have supper
- obsolete.tr to provide with supper
sup
3/ ²õÊŒ±è /
verb
- to partake of (liquid) by swallowing a little at a time
- dialect.to drink
noun
- a sip
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sup1
First recorded in 1985–90; by shortening
Origin of sup2
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English s(o)upen, soupe, from Old French souper “to take supper,†from Germanic; compare Old English ²õÅ«±è²¹²Ô “to swallow, taste, sipâ€; sup 3
Origin of sup3
Origin of sup4
First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sup1
from Latin supra
Origin of sup2
C13: from Old French soper; see sup ²
Origin of sup3
Old English ²õÅ«±è²¹²Ô; related to Old High German ²õÅ«´Ú²¹²Ô, German saufen; see also sup 1
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