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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Supper \Sup"per\, verb (used without an object) To take supper; to sup. [R.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Supper \Sup"per\, verb (used with an object) To supply with supper. [R.] "Kester was suppering the horses." --Mrs. Gaskell.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Supper \Sup"per\, noun [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.
Note: 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.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
noun
1: a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
2: a social gathering where a light evening meal is served; "her suppers often included celebrities"
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