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Supping

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sup 1  (sp)
tr. & intr.v. supped, sup·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.
n.
A small swallow or mouthful of liquid food; a sip.
[Middle English soupen, from Old English span; see seu-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.supping - ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking
eating, feeding - the act of consuming food


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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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They are in the blue room supping with the Portuguese Ambassador.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
I merely wanted to ask if you'd do me the honour of supping with me tonight.
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