subvention &c (aid) 707; resources &c (means) 632; groceries, grocery.
providing &c v.; purveyance; reinforcement, reenforcement†;
commissariat.
provender &c (food) 298; ensilage; viaticum.
caterer, purveyor, commissary, quartermaster, manciple†, feeder,
batman, victualer, grocer, comprador [Sp.], restaurateur; jackal,
pelican; sutler &c (merchant) 797 [Obs.].
grocery shop, grocery store.
V. provide; make provision, make due provision for; lay in, lay in a
stock, lay in a store.
supply, suppeditate†; furnish; find, find one in; arm.
cater, victual, provision, purvey, forage; beat up for; stock,
stock with; make good, replenish; fill, fill up; recruit, feed.
have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot,
keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store &c 636; provide against a
rainy day &c (economy) 817.