Category:Purvey

Pur*vey", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purveyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Purveying.] Etym: [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.

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.