to sup
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9.9
To eat the evening meal, often in a quiet or old-fashioned way
- verb
- /sʌp/
- Archaic
:
cenar
- Do you want to sup with the others?
- stay and sup
Examples
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Milord, will you sup with me tonight?
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You'll sup with me?
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Here, come and sup with me.
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Come, you, sup with me.
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Some other time... ...or perhaps you would break your journey and sup with me tomorrow.
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This gentleman will sup with me.
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We sup at 6:00 sharp.
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I told father I was inviting you to sup with us on Sunday at our house in Soho.
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Tnsy's old friend and confidante Lady Twixtwain came one evening to sup with them in their rooms above the Cat's Face.
Fiction book (1993) -
Will you sup with us tonight at the old inn?
Synonyms
100
1.3
To eat the main meal of the day, often with other people
refers specifically to eating an evening meal in an old fashioned formal way
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sup meaning to eat the evening meal comes from the same root as supper, which is the evening meal, so to sup is to eat at supper time.