Storing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or
        furnish against a future time.
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              Her mind with thousand virtues stored. --Prior.
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              Wise Plato said the world with men was stored.
                                                    --Denham.
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              Having stored a pond of four acres with carps,
              tench, and other fish.                --Sir M. Hale.
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     3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for
        preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.
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