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[syn: provision, purvey]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Purvey \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.
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Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey
Yourself of sword before that bloody day. --Spenser.
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2. To procure; to get.
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I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the
children of Benjamin. --Sir W. Scot.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Purvey \Pur*vey"\, v. i.
1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
--Chaucer. Milton.
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2. To pander; -- with to. " Their turpitude purveys to their
malice." [R.] --Burke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
purvey
v 1: supply with provisions [syn: provision, purvey]