About The Word Purvey
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Purvey
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What's The Definition Of Purvey?
[v] supply with provisions
Synonyms | Synonyms for Purvey: provision Related Terms | Find terms related to Purvey: See Also | furnish | provide | render | supply Purvey In Webster's Dictionary \Pur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purveyed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Purveying}.] [OE. purveien, porveien, OF. porveeir,
porveoir, F. pourvoir, fr. L. providere. See {Provide}, and
cf. {Purview}.]
1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions,
or the like.
Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of
sword before that bloody day. --Spenser.
2. To procure; to get.
I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the
children of Benjamin. --Sir W. Scot.
\Pur*vey"\, v. i. 1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision. --Chaucer. Milton. 2. To pander; -- with to. `` Their turpitude purveys to their malice.'' [R.] --Burke. |
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