supping

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Â (sŭp)

tr. & intr.v. supped, supÂ·ping, sups

To eat or drink (something) or engage in eating or drinking by taking small swallows or mouthfuls: supped the hot soup; supped away daintily.

A small swallow or mouthful of liquid food; a sip.

[Middle English soupen, from Old English sūpan; see seuÉ™- in Indo-European roots.]

sup^Â 2

Â (sŭp)

intr.v. supped, supÂ·ping, sups

To eat an evening meal; have supper.

[Middle English soupen, from Old French souper, from soupe, soup; see soup.]

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supping - ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking

eating, feeding - the act of consuming food

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Abendessen Nachtessen

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Worms of the riper grave unhid By any kindly coffin lid, Obscene and shameless to the light, Seethe in insatiate appetite, Through putrid offal; while above The hissing blow-fly seeks his love, Whose offspring, supping where they supt, Consume corruption twice corrupt.

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All over the district people were dining and supping; working men were gardening after the labours of the day, children were being put to bed, young people were wandering through the lanes love-making, stu- dents sat over their books.

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