Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Purvey"
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) 1.7 (wn)
purvey
v : supply with provisions [syn: {provision}]
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