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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Store \Store\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Stored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Storing}.] [OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore, store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in + staurare (in comp.) Cf. {Instore}, {Instaurate}, {Restore}, {Story} a floor.]
1. To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away.
Dora stored what little she could save. --Tennyson.
2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time.
Her mind with thousand virtues stored. --Prior.
Wise Plato said the world with men was stored. --Denham.
Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish. --Sir M. Hale.
3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.
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