- Storing
- Store Store, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Storing}.] [OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore,
store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in
+ staurare (in comp.) Cf. {Instore}, {Instaurate}, {Restore},
{Story} a floor.]
1. To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay
away.
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Dora stored what little she could save. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time. [1913 Webster]
Her mind with thousand virtues stored. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Wise Plato said the world with men was stored. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.