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purvey |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Purvey \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: purvey v : supply with provisions [syn: {provision}]
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