purvey

[ per-vey ]

/ pərˈveɪ /

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verb (used with object)

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

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Origin of purvey

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

Words nearby purvey

purulence, purulent, puruloid, Purús, purusha, purvey, purveyance, purveyor, purview, pus, Pusan

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How to use purvey in a sentence

This was the message purveyed in a rash of new romance comics and magazines aimed specifically at young women, with titles such as Young Romance and Young Love.
What the Rise and Fall of the Cinderella Fairy Tale Means for Real Women Today|Carol Dyhouse|April 19, 2021|Time
So this feast was ended, and the Constable, by the advice of Anglides, let purvey that Alisander was well horsed and harnessed.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory
They used to send them out in pairs, sometimes to one district, and sometimes to another, to purvey food for them.
My Dark Companions|Henry M. Stanley
The wretches who gained the name of Resurrection men despoiled graveyards to purvey subjects for the dissecting knife.
The Chronicles of Newgate, v. 2/2|Arthur Griffiths

Purvey himself contributes to this end by a definite statement of certain changes which may be allowed the English writer.
Early Theories of Translation|Flora Ross Amos
Purvey says, "Men might expound much openlier and shortlier the Bible than the old doctors have expounded it in Latin."
Early Theories of Translation|Flora Ross Amos

British Dictionary definitions for purvey

purvey

verb (pəˈveɪ) (tr)

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

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

noun (ˈpɜːvɪ)

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

Word Origin for purvey

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

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