purvey

[per-vey]

verb (used with object)

1. to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.

purvey

verb

1. to sell or provide (commodities, esp foodstuffs) on a large scale

2. to publish or make available (lies, scandal, etc)

noun

1. the food and drink laid on at a wedding reception, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of purvey¹

1250–1300; Middle English purveien < Anglo-French purveier < Latin prōvidēre to foresee, provide for. See provide

Word History and Origins

Origin of purvey¹

C13: from Old French porveeir, from Latin prōvidēre to _provide

Example Sentences

He’s always taken an opposing approach from Maron, purveying raunch instead of raw honesty, channeling swagger, shock and dismissiveness as opposed to connection and intimacy.

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“The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders.”

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That underscores the fakery purveyed by Trump and Vance about the purported virtues of tariffs.

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This is the progress placed at risk by the torrent of anti-vaccine propaganda purveyed by RFK Jr.’s organization and other vaccination opponents.

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Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders.

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Related Words

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