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supn.1 Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly a word inherited from Germanic. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: sup v.1 Etymology: In early use probably cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German sūpe (only in glosses), Middle Dutch sūpe , zūpe , suype (Dutch zuip , †zuipe ), Middle High German sūfe , Old Icelandic or Icelandic súpa (rare), all in sense ‘liquid or semi-liquid food’ < the same Germanic base as sup v.1 In later use probably partly a continuation of this and partly (especially in β. forms) < sup v.1 Some forms may also reflect association with sope n. or with later sowp n.1; compare also discussion of form history at sup v.1In Old English the word occurs in an isolated attestation in the accusative plural (see quot. eOE at sense 1aα. ). Both the quantity of the vowel and the gender of the word are uncertain; the suggested etymology assumes that it is a weak feminine with long stem vowel (sūpe ). Alternatively, it could be interpreted as a weak masculine with short stem vowel (supa ) and hence etymologically a different word: a variant of sope n., with failure of lowering of Germanic u to o (compare A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §115). Chiefly Irish English and English regional ( northern) in later use. 1. the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught > small drink or sip α. eOE (Royal) (1865) i. xxxix. 102 Supe þry morgenas nigon supan. 1440 J. Capgrave (1977) l. 1170 He wil no mete ne no drynk take now, Ne neuyr cast him for soupe ne byte. 1581 B. Rich sig. F jv Before it doeth sucke the mothers milke, it taketh first a soope of the Cupp of errour. 1600 J. Hamilton 296 It is not thy bluid, bot ane sope wyne in takin of thy bluid. 1650 in S. Ree (1908) II. 275 A stranger heiland woman desyred hir to tak a sup watter. 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant ii. 19 Here's another soop to comfort us. 1719 in T. D'Urfey III. 7 I'll take a full soop at the merry Milk-pail. 1786 R. Burns Cotter's Sat. Night xi, in (1968) I. 148 The soupe their only Hawkie does afford, That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood. 1817 W. Scott II. v. 107 Its the part of a kind son to bring her a soup o' something that will keep up her auld heart. 1851 T. Sternberg Soop, a sup, drop. 1928 A. E. Pease 85/2 Ye moant gan bivoot a soop o' soomat. the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] 1782 I. Jackman 27 I've got a little sup in my noddle. a1810 R. Tannahill Poor Tom in (1846) 109 Poor Tom loves his sup, and poor Tom is despised. 1876 F. K. Robinson Sup, Suppings, Sups, drink of all kinds. 2000 N. Griffiths 53 Poor-or old Dicey Ri-hi-ley Has taken to the sup! the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > bread dish > [noun] > sops > a sop 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo i. ii. f. 82/1 He muste..eate a sup or shewe made with grated breed, & almandes [L. panatellam fariolam amigdalatam..confectam]. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig f. 36v Geue hym also to eate suppes of Almonde, and the yolkes of soft egges potched in hote water. 1608 in J. Robertson & C. Innes (1854) III. 520 The said Andro sall prepair..ane soup of fyne quheit breid or ane portioun of cauld meit. Phrasesthe world > food and drink > food > [noun] > food and drink 1546 J. Heywood i. xi. sig. E iiv He hath [not] laied downe one peny by myne. That euer might either make me bite or sup. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie (1895) II. 220 To watche him nycht and day that nouther bitt or sope cum in his mouth. 1665 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney (1904) II. 244 I save [? have] a bitt and supp bye myselfe 2 owers after them. 1715 C. Molloy i. ii. 11 You walk brisk and easie, without a Bit or Sup to refresh you. 1839 T. Hood Sweep's Complaint in 414 Here's a precious merry Christmas, I'm blest if I can earn either bit or sup! 1902 V. Jacob ix The pleasant offer of a bite and a sup. 2007 (Nexis) 1 Sept. 8 A pleasant spot for a bite and sup. the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > collection or accumulation of > copious the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount > (a) considerable amount 1601 in T. G. Law (1898) II. 173 If a cow give a good soope of milke, she is to be thanked. 1745 J. Swift ii. 17 You can give a good Bit or a good Sup to the little Masters and Misses, and gain their Affections. 1847 A. Brontë i. 22 [Of a fall of rain] It's comed a good sup last night too. 1935 C. Nordhoff & J. N. Hill iii. 71 Martin was asleep. McCoy took up the bottle beside him and held it up to the light. ‘Isaac's a good sup left here, lads.’ 1947 L. O'Flaherty in Mar. 15 Then the people have a good sup taken and there's money to be cadged. 2001 J. Murphy Kings of Kilburn High Road i, in 37 Today is a day for drinkin'! We'll have a good sup here first then off to The Lion what? 1621 J. Martyn sig. Bv At which Mars rag'de, And causde that at a sup, His Zerxean Army, drunke whole riuers vp. 1710 12–14 July To see his Brave Army Engage; And to Swallow up, The Allies at a sup. 1807 31 Dec. 507 While madam, in cambrics and laces array'd,..Will drink, in imperial, a friend at a sup. 1942 G. Sheatz 21 I drink thy hell brew'd poison at a sup And straightway banter for another cup. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). supn.2 Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: supremum n. Etymology: Shortened < supremum n., originally as a graphic abbreviation. Mathematics. the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > [noun] > set > elements in or parts of 1940 G. Birkhoff ii. 16 We shall use the words ‘supremum’ and ‘sup’ synonymously with l.u.b. [= least upper bound]; similarly, we shall use ‘infimum’, and ‘inf’, and ‘common part’ synonymously with gr.l.b. [= greatest lower bound]. 1949 S. Lefschetz i. 27 We shall also use on occasion the supremum and infimum of a nonvoid set A of real numbers, written sup A, inf A. 1965 S. Lipschutz v. 83 Show that T is a complete lattice, i.e. if S is a non-empty subcollection of T then sup (S) and inf (S) exist. 1985 L. Narici & E. Beckenstein vi. 121 As the sup of differentiable functions need not be differentiable, the space of differentiable functions..with pointwise ordering is not a vector lattice. 2006 H. T. Nguyen & E. A. Walker (ed. 3) i. 7 This function is the smallest that is greater or equal to both A and B, that is, is the sup, or supremum, of the two functions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). supv.1Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: In Old English (in α. forms) cognate with Middle Dutch sūpen to drink, to consume liquid food (Dutch zuipen to drink to excess), Old Saxon sūpan to drink to excess (Middle Low German sūpen to feed with sops, to eat liquid (especially warm) food, to slurp down, to drink, to drink to excess), Old High German sūfan to drink, to slurp, to scoop or ladle (a liquid) (Middle High German sūfen to drink, to slurp, German saufen to drink (especially of animals), to drink to excess), Old Icelandic súpa to drink, to consume liquid food, Norwegian supe to drink, to suck in, to drink excessively, Old Swedish supa to consume liquid food (Swedish supa to drink, to drink to excess), Old Danish supæ to drink, to slurp (Danish søbe ), ultimately (with different root-extension) < the same Indo-European base as suck v. Compare sope n., sop n.1, sop v. The β. forms may show a phonological development of the α. forms (see discussion below), or may show the reflex of a weak verb ultimately < a different ablaut grade (zero-grade) of the same base, cognate with Old High German supfen (weak) to drink, to slurp (Middle High German supfen (weak) to slurp, to drink noisily, early modern German supfen), with expressive gemination of the stem-final consonant and an inherited short vowel.Inflection. In Old English a strong verb of Class II; regular inflection according to Class II is also attested in Old Icelandic and Old High German. In Old English non-present forms are rare. Although expected strong 3rd singular past indicative sēap and plural past indicative supon are attested, the past participle is not; however, Middle English strong past participle sopen is the regular reflex of expected Old English *sopen (compare Old Icelandic sopinn ). The strong 3rd singular past indicative sæp (one isolated attestation: see quot. OE1 at sense 1aα. ) probably reflects regular sēap , showing early evidence of monophthongization of the diphthong, i.e. sǣp (compare K. Luick Hist. Gram. der englischen Sprache (1921) I. i. §356.2). The stem vowel of Middle English strong 3rd singular past indicative sop (presumably with long open ō ) is apparently after the past participle form and the past tense singular forms of Class I strong verbs (compare e.g. 3rd singular past indicative rōd : see ride v.). Weak forms of the past tense are first attested (in an isolated attestation) in Old English, and become widespread in Middle English; the earliest attestation (in fact, of a past tense form of the Old English prefixed verb gesūpan : see below) is the Northumbrian prefixed past plural gesūpedon (see quot. OE2 at sense 4, and compare A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §740). Length of the stem vowel. The stem vowel of the present tense in Old English is long ū . Middle English present indicative forms such as soop , sope (see Forms 1α) are perhaps after the past participle, but probably also show the influence of sope n. The modern standard form shows the reflex of Middle English short u (see β. forms). Shortness of the vowel is apparently first attested for Old English (Northumbrian) plural present indicative suppas (one isolated attestation: see quot. OE1 at sense 4), but it is not entirely clear whether this shows a Northumbrian form of the strong verb with shortening of the vowel (forms with double plosive apparently indicating the shortness of a preceding vowel are occasionally found in Northumbrian for other strong verbs: compare reap v.1 and see R. M. Hogg Gram. Old Eng. (1992) I. §2.78 note 1), or whether it is to be taken as showing the reflex of a weak verb ultimately related to the strong verb (see discussion above). Middle English (especially later Middle English) forms with geminate -pp- appear to be typically (although not exclusively) northern and north midland in provenance. In Old English the prefixed form gesūpan to swallow, to taste, to absorb, is also attested (compare y- prefix); compare also besūpan to swallow (compare be- prefix). 1. the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > sip or sup the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > take (liquid food) with spoon α. eOE (Royal) (1865) iii. xliii. 336 Gif he þæt broð þonne ær sypð ne meaht þu him þy dæge attor gesellan. OE Ælfric (Julius) (1881) I. 60 He sæp [OE Otho seap] of ðæm calice eac swylce blod. OE Ælfric (Corpus Cambr. 188) xvii. 536 Ge hæfdon gewæda of þæra sceapa wulle & ge supon heora meolc. ?a1300 in E. Stengel (1871) 100 (MED) Me wille soupen win nou aniȝt mid þat þou bohut. c1330 (Auch.) (1991) l. 238 Þe beste he pikeþ vp himself..And ȝeueþ þe gode man soupe þe lene broþ. c1350 Nominale (Cambr. Ee.4.20) in (1906) 8* W[oman]. mylk and wortis soupith. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 64 Þai ete bot flesch withouten breed and soupez þe broo. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll.) 300 Thou woldyst nat for all the broth that ever thou souped onys to loke hym in the face. 1530 J. Palsgrave 726/2 I have herde saye that he was dede, but he wyll sowpe as hoote potage as you. 1583 P. Barrough iii. iii. 83 It is also good for them to soupe the iuyce of quinces. 1640 R. Brome ii. iii A Phesants egge soopt with a Peacocks feather. 1650 J. Trapp (Gen. xxv. 33) 201 As Gideons souldiers, to soop their handful, not to swill their belly-full. 1721 N. Bailey To Sip, to soop a little. 1865 ‘N. Hogg’ (ed. 5) 47 Varmer Jan Vaggis, an Vrends, wis a zot A zmoakin thare backy, an zoopin thare pot. the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] c1400 ( Canticum Creatione l. 473 in C. Horstmann (1878) 130 (MED) Me þoȝte Kaym tok Abellis blod And sop it op as he were wod. c1450 (1905) II. 463 A white duffe..suppid of all þat was in þe chales with hur neb. c1475 (1969) l. 772 (MED) My prepotent fader, when ȝe sowpe, sowpe owt yowr messe. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in (?1545) 380 Ales founde therin no thornes, But supped it [sc. ale] vp at ones. 1535 Isa. v. E Wo vnto them, yt are connynge men to suppe out wyne. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau 28/1 We must first let him suppe in a soft dressed egge. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus iii. 142 Then will he sup off a cup of cold water as big as a milke-bowle. 1620 T. Venner v. 84 A couple of potched Egges,..supped off warme, eating therewithall a little bread and butter. 1673 R. Leigh 39 Supping up his Coffee, and scalding his chaps for hast. 1692 J. Ray (ed. 2) ii. 134 We saw it smelling to every one of those things that were set in the room, and, when it had smelt to them all, it supped up the Milk. 1732 C. Carter 231 Put some of this Powder into a new-laid Egg, and sup it up in a Morning fasting for seven Days successively, and it will render the Breath sweet. 1870 J. P. Smith iii The contents dealt out into the cracked bowl and tin cup, were immediately distributed; they eagerly supped it up. 1885 ‘Ouida’ 133 To rattle down the Bois in a milord, and sup off a matelote by the lake with your Romeo. 1939 R. P. Warren viii. 203 From his cupped hands he supped up the water and rinsed his mouth, then drank. 1950 F. A. Keynes 71 The farmer's wife stood by laughing while the pigling supped up the spilt cream. 1997 J. Jakeman xxii. 265 One day Micah Overbury had supped up his customary prison breakfast of gruel. the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > sip or sup the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > take (liquid food) with spoon eOE (Royal) (1865) i. vi. 50 Sup swa ðu hatost mæge. OE Ælfric (Julius) (1900) II. 142 Se mæssepreost..scof on halig wæter of þam halgan treowe, sealde þam adligan of to supenne. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius (Vitell.) (1984) lxxxvi. 126 Wið toðece genim þysse sylfan wyrte seaw þe we sparagi nemdun, syle supan [?a1200 Harl. 6258B sule suppe]. a1325 (Arun.) (1857) 150 Avaunt ke il hume [glossed] soupe. a1450 (?a1300) (Caius) (1810) l. 3085 Lord, we have pork sought; Etes, and soupes off the browys swote. c1475 (Harl. 5086) (2002) i. 6 Whenne your potage to yow shalle be brouhte, Take yow sponys, and soupe by no way. c1500 Young Children's Bk. (Ashm. 61) in (2002) i. 23 When þou sopys, make no no[y]se With thi mouth As do boys. 1590 E. Spenser i. iv. sig. D3 A bouzing can, Of which he supt so oft, that on his seat His dronken course he scarse vpholden can. 1616 B. Jonson Forrest ix. 7 in I Might I of Iove's Nectar sup. 1701 N. Grew i. v. §16 Nor therefore could we Supp, or Swallow, without it [sc. the tongue]. 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ I. ii. xx. 196 I well remember that the good father supt up his Soupe a l'Oignon. 1869 J. C. Atkinson Sup up, to drink off a glass of liquor. 1898 J. MacManus 94 There wasn't a man ever supped from a noggin in Corradooey he couldn't sweep the floor with! 1952 M. Tripp v. 86 Now sup up, as Arthur [a north-countryman] says, and have one on me. 1987 July 14/3 Those who were really desperate for a drink were already supping. 1992 G. M. Fraser 113 ‘Ye miserable sod, w'at difference does it mek w'ee's bottle we soop frae?’ †3. In extended use. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devour, engulf, or consume (of fire, water, etc.) the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > assimilate or absorb [verb (transitive)] eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory (Hatton) (1871) lviii. 447 Forðonðe he..nis nauðer, ne hat, ne ceald, ðeah ic hine supe, ic hine wille eft utaspiwan of minum muðe. OE (1932) lxviii. 15 Ne me huru forswelge sę grunges [read sægrundes] deop ne me se seað supe mid muðe. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxviii. 7 Thei ben sopen awei [L. absorti sunt] of wyn, thei erreden in drunkenesse. c1384 (Royal) (1850) Apoc. xii. 16 The erthe openyde his mouth, and soupide [a1400 N.Y. Publ. Lib. soop vp, a1425 Christ Church Oxf. sop vp; L. absorbuit] the flood. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. xv. 54 Deeth is sopun vp [L. absorta est] in victorie. c1400 (Bodl. 554) iii. 5 (margin) As sopun up for sorewe. c1450 (Harl. 6580) (1933) 226 As erth is consumede litel and litel whan water fluez, ryght so a stronge mynde is sopen vp bi vice softly vndurcrepynge. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxviii. §19. 241 Drown me not þe storme of watire: ne supe [L. absorbeat] me þe grounde. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in 713/1 As for al other sinnes whatsoeuer thei be, faith saith he..suppeth them al vp in a moment. 1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace sig. Kiiij The battred wall, prostrate dyd fall,..The earthe supte vp the gorgious gates. 1598 T. Bastard i. xl. 25 Foure lines, which hold me tug an hower or twaine He sups up with a breath and takes no paine. 1621 R. Burton ii. ii. iii. 319 That..lake..whose waters gush so fast out of the ground, that they will overtake a swift horseman, and by and by with as incredible celerity [are] supped vp. a1651 N. Culverwell (1652) i. xvii. 195 A Ship ready to be split upon a rock, or to be soop't up of a wave. 1683 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis i. ix. 51 Even as the following waves sup up the former. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (intransitive)] > devour or consume (of fire, etc.) a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xlii. 14 I shal scateren, and soupen [L. absorbebo] awei togidere. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil iii. vi. 128 The large fludis suppis thrise in ane swelth, And wther quhilis spowtis in the air agane. 1611 Hab. i. 9 Their faces shall sup vp as the East winde, and they shall gather the captiuitie as the sand. View more context for this quotation the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come into [verb (transitive)] > take in the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil vi. vi. 64 The jonit barge, Sa full of riftis, and with lekkis perbraik, Scho suppit huge wattir of the laik. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace sig. Bviij As bellowes sup and beltch out wyndes, To make the yron softe. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid (new ed.) vii. f. 81 And how Charybdis..Now sowpeth in now sowpeth out the Sea incessantly. 1647 N. Nye ii. 33 Such a peece [of ordnance]..which suppeth and reteineth continually more and more of that winde, which should serve to expell the bullet. the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > mutter or mumble the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > convince, be convincing [verb (intransitive)] > be convinced 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin 518/1 We see that euery man is but too light of credit to sup vp that that shalbee spoken, if there be once any euill report of the Ministers of Gods worde. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo ii. f. 11 We must speak freelie without supping vp our wordes, and bringing them but half forth. 1597 R. Hooker v. lxii. 145 When..they haue put vs in hope of agreement, wherefore sup they vp their words againe? 1611 R. Cotgrave Humer le parole, foolishly to sup, or sucke vp, his owne words; to speake abruptly, or vndistinctly. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > experience > [verb (transitive)] OE (Northumbrian) xvi. 28 Qui non gustabunt mortem : ða ðe ne suppas [OE Rushw. bergaþ, OE West Saxon Gospels: Corpus Cambr. onbyrigeað] deað. OE (Northumbrian) Pref. Gustaturos quosdam mortem : hia þæt gebirigdon uel gesupedon weron sume oðer ðone deað.] c1535 iii. sig. C.viv Holy churche shulde stande full colde Her seruauntes sytte and soupe sorowe. 1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin i I do nothing but sup up the drink of sorrow. 1599 sig. Hv To sup his dire destruction there, for wretched loue of me. 1738 J. Swift 57 I'll make you one Day sup Sorrow for this. 1839 W. Carleton xvi. 374 You'd make him sup sorrow for his harshness. 1860 D. P. Thompson xvi. 321 If you interfere in the matter of these prisoners..then you shall be made to sup sorrow, I swear to you. 1903 A. H. Lewis iv. 49 That erring one who came out of his own ward to sup grief at my hands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). supv.2Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French supper. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman supper, Anglo-Norman and Old French soper, super, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French souper (French souper ) to eat supper (end of the 10th cent.), to eat (c1200), to serve (to someone) as a meal, to feed (someone) (late 14th cent.), probably ultimately a borrowing of the Germanic base of sop n.1, sup v.1; compare similarly Old French soupe soup n. and also post-classical Latin suppa sop, piece of bread soaked in liquid (6th cent.). Compare Old Occitan sopar , soupar . Compare supper n.1In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). The past participle forms sopt and sopte at α. forms may show a short vowel and hence belong at β. forms. 1. the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > eat meal [verb (intransitive)] > eat supper α. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 697 in C. Horstmann (1887) 126 Heo setten bord and spradden cloth, and bi-gonne to soupe [c1300 Harl. sopi] faste. c1330 (?c1300) (Auch.) l. 3088 Þat ilche kniȝt, Þat sopede wiþ þe ȝerstene niȝt. a1393 J. Gower (Fairf.) v. l. 6872 Whan thei hadden souped there, Thei schopen hem to gon to reste. a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll.) 138 Whan they had souped at her leyser, kyng Arthure was lad into a chambir. 1509 tr. A. de la Sale (de Worde) (new ed.) iv. sig. E.jv All wery gooth he souperles to bedde And yf he soupe, god wote how he is fedde. a1513 W. Dunbar (1998) I. 110 How glaid that euer I dyne or sowp. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght f. 367v/2 The lady of the leafe then began to pray Her of the floure..To soupe with her. c1650 J. Spalding (1850) I. 35 His majestie..soupit in the castell most magnifiklie. the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > eat meal [verb (transitive)] > make supper of c1440 (?a1400) l. 1025 He sowppes..with seuen knaue childre, Choppid in a chargour. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius (1858) III. 204 Of grene herbis rycht oft [he] did soupe and dyne. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 149 I am faine to dine and sup with water and bran. View more context for this quotation 1678 T. Duffett iii. i. 58 Jocky be doing with Oatcakes and Sowing, And sup up their brave Bonny clabber. 1702 T. Yalden v. 15 He Din'd and Supp'd upon the best. 1771 T. Smollett III. 84 At night they sup on sowens or flummery of oat-meal. 1829 W. Scott (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xiv They..took a wedder from the fold, killed it, and supped off the carcass. 1890 A. Conan Doyle xxvii They supped on good fare, and slept between lavender-scented sheets. 1915 J. Buchan vi. 126 I spent the night on..the hillside... I supped off half those biscuits. 1926 ‘N. Shute’ v. 138 I supped upon bully and suet pudding garnished with treacle. 1949 O. Nash 54 I lunch and sup on schrod and soup. 2007 8 June 32/4 He also found that he could not sup on fricasseed dog. the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating meals > eat meal [verb (transitive)] > make supper of c1440 (?a1400) l. 1298 To sowpe withe þat soueraygne full selcouthe metez. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage III. vii. xi. 147 After having supped the supper of the damned. 1851 E. B. Browning i. vii. 16 Before the eyes of men, who wake at last, And put away the meats they used to sup. 2. figurative and in extended use. the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] > be dead c1384 (Royal) (1850) Apoc. iii. 20 If ony man shal here my voys, and opene the ȝat, I shal entre to him, and soupe with him.] a1400 (Pepys) (1961) 28 (MED) He soupeþ [v.r. soupit] wiþ oure lorde whan he haþ wille to don wel and in þat endeþ his lyf. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1877) §290 I wol entre in-to hym by my grace, and soupe with hym by the goode werkes that he shal doon.] c1440 (?a1400) l. 3805 We sall..Souppe with oure Saueoure solemply in heuen. a1500 (?c1400) (1880) l. 625 This day shall we dy..but we shall supe ther seintis be many And crist soulis fedithe. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in (1846) I. 170 My faith is such, that my saule sall sowp with my Saviour this nycht. 1594 W. Shakespeare v. i. 212 You shall sup with Iesus Christ to night. 1642 T. Fuller ii. xxi. 137 Dining on Christ in the Sacrament, expecting no other then to sup with him in heaven. 1680 v. iv. 66 Therefore have a righteous Stomach: for you perhaps may sup in Heaven to morrow. 1721 R. Wodrow I. App. 626 He dined very cheerfully, hoping to sup in Heaven, and to drink the next Cup fresh and new in his Father's Kingdom. 1775 J. Howie 159 Upon friday morning, the day of his departure from this life, he said, ‘This night I must sup with Jesus Christ in paradise.’ 1829 W. S. Landor 2nd Ser. I. iv. 98 He shall sup with our blessed Lord in paradise by seven o'clock tomorrow night, if masses can mash potatoes. 1866 F. Moore 350/2 A Chaplain, on the eve of a battle, bade the soldiers of his corps fight bravely, for those who fell ‘would sup in heaven’. a1915 S. Phillips (1927) ii. ii. 60 Dying, I will be liberal in death, And with slain Normans will I sup in hell! 1946 V. C. Franks iv. 32 When we are preparing to sup with our Lord we should get ready by cleansing the thoughts of our hearts. 1971 J. Gardner 100 I swear on my troth, We'll sup with our Savior in ceremony, in heaven. 1993 R. S. Anderson viii. 146 We sup with Christ in order to run with him. The church needs to unleash its members and become a sending church. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. v. 13 I haue supt full with horrors. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. ii. 53 Angers my Meate: I suppe vpon my selfe, And so shall sterue with Feeding. 1643 J. Caryl i. 174 Before night he had nothing but sorrow to sup upon. 1667 J. Milton v. 426 The Sun..at Even Sups with the Ocean. View more context for this quotation 1812 P. B. Shelley x They sup on the groans of the dying and dead. 1830 W. Scott vii. 211 The reader may sup full on such wild horrors in the Causes Célèbres. 1870 J. H. Burton VII. lxxiii. 168 People had supped full of horrors. 1906 A. G. Warner & E. Warner tr. II. 87 If this must be so There is no need to sup on grief to-day. 1922 S. Leslie i. 11 Peter was one who rather enjoyed his griefs, and could sup on sorrow, however high his expectations had been. 1968 S. Ghose v. 79 We who have supped full on the horror of Organization Man..and seen how Mechanization Has Taken Over. 2002 B. T. DeGrow ix. 95 Sullivan wanted much more to sup full of the intellectual life. 3. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > feed with specific food or meal 1575 G. Turberville 133 Let hir flee but once, and suppe hir vp vpon the pray. 1575 G. Turberville 310 Supping hir euery night with a ratte or a mouse. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) Induct. i. 26 Huntsman I charge thee, tender wel my hounds... But sup them well, and looke vnto them all. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán i. 228 Is it fit..To feede a horse with sand? To sup a Falcon with straw? 1798 16 152 At the time of supping the horses up, after they are bedded, give every horse a small armful. 1806 J. Cock 120 In came her Dad, in quest o' fother, To sup his naigies. 1836 July 33 These feeds repeated at noon; in the afternoon a feed of turnips, and supped up at night with hay in the rack. the world > food and drink > food > meal > [verb (transitive)] > be supper for 1598 W. Shakespeare v. ii. 685 If a'haue no more mans blood in his belly then wi[l] suppe a Flea. 1653 I. Walton i. iv Having caught more fish than will sup myself and my friend. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > entertain with food > entertain with specific meal 1609 T. Jackson 54 Yet let Christ in his poore members be reputed one, and cared for, the rest shall fare the better. For if you Suppe him, hee will Suppe you. a1635 T. Randolph (1638) 34 Suppe him with bread and cheese, Pudding or Pye, Such dainties as they doe not buy. 1715 J. Hacket 187 He supped them together in his Hall, but retir'd himself to his Study to frame something that might give them Content upon that Occasion. 1854 H. James 66 They would have dined him and supped him, and caressed and flattered him out of all measure. 1865 G. A. Sala in No. 117. 337/1 They will breakfast you, they will sup you. 1913 H. C. Chatfield Taylor xiv. 469 Escorting him to the capital in their own carriage, they lodged and supped him in their apartment in the Faubourg St. Denis. Phrasesa1567 T. Becon (1577) sig. Diiiv It is to be feared, that hee goeth to suppe with the Diuell, whom he hath so diligently serued al the daies of his life. 1652 J. Shirley v. 62 Pla. Madam, the Cardinal. Her. He shall sup with the Devil. 1816 31 Oct. 99 The poor Author, perhaps is doomed to sup with the Devil, in the shape of a Bailiff, watching for the fate of his Farce. 1886 E. Lynn Linton III. viii. 180 He had voluntarily supped with the devil—and his spoon had been too short. 2005 4 Feb. 20/2 Indeed, Zionists supped even more extensively with the devil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmasSUP 2007 29 Sept. w5/4 Stand-up paddle surfing, a new craze in which riders perch on a surf-style longboard and use a paddle for propulsion... SUP, as it's known, has caught on quickly. 2009 K. Bachman (ed. 30) 305 The latest craze in surfing is Stand Up Paddle-boarding (SUP). The surfer..uses a one bladed paddle to..propel through the water. 2014 Apr. 113 (advt.) Peter Pan Surfing & SUP Academy..3-Day Standup Paddleboard camps at the Narrow River. < |
