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(), 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. Scott. Purvey" 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. スポンサード リンク
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