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Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhp
Phonetic Transcription : sʌp



Definition of sup

Origin :
  • "eat the evening meal," late 13c., from Old French super, which probably is from soupe "broth" (see soup), until recently still the traditional evening meal of French workers.
  • verb drink
Example sentences :
  • He is to sup at the Deanery to-morrow, and I am to be in waiting to see him.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • The king is at the tent of the brave Du Guesclin, where he will sup to night.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Duerot has tried his hardest to sup in Lagny, and has been balked by German valour.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • Let us skirt it and push on for Bruton, where we may spare time for bite and sup.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • And you're not a-going to ask me to take a sup out of that 'ere bottle, eh?'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • Interruptions and discussions were frequent; they were also making pretence to sup.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • So I invited him to sup with me, just as if he were a fair youth, and I a designing lover.
  • Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato
  • No, but a morning when he paid for his bed for he had nowther bite nor sup in the house.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • If any body asks me to supper, I will refuse in order that I may sup with you. '
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • I did not again see my mother that day, nor did she sup with us that evening.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

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