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pur·vey  (pr-v, pûrv)
tr.v. pur·veyed, pur·vey·ing, pur·veys
1. To supply (food, for example); furnish.
2. To advertise or circulate.

[Middle English purveien, from Anglo-Norman purveier, from Latin prvidre; see provide.]

pur·veyance n.

purvey [pəˈveɪ]
vb (tr)
1. to sell or provide (commodities, esp foodstuffs) on a large scale
2. to publish or make available (lies, scandal, etc.)
n [ˈpɜːvɪ]
(Cookery) Scot the food and drink laid on at a wedding reception, etc.
[from Old French porveeir, from Latin prōvidēre to provide]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.purvey - supply with provisions
furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

purvey
verb
1. communicate, publish, spread, pass on, transmit, make available He accused me of purveying `silly gossip' about practices in schools.
2. supply, provide, sell, retail, provision, cater, trade in, deal in, furnish, victual two restaurants that purvey Indonesian food
Translations
purvey [pɜːˈveɪ] VT (frm) → proveer, suministrar, abastecer
purvey
vt (form) (= sell)verkaufen; to purvey something to somebody (= supply)jdm etw liefern; food alsojdn mit etw beliefern; information alsojdn mit etw versorgen


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"Then I decline to interfere," said the Governor, with asperity; "a man who abuses his office by making it serve a private end and purvey a personal advantage is unfit to be free.
``I tell thee,'' said De Bracy, ``that I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the tribe of Benjamin; which is as much as to say, that in this same equipment I will fall upon that herd of Saxon bullocks, who have this night left the castle, and carry off from them the lovely Rowena.
But this is my counsel,' said the Archbishop, 'that we let purvey ten knights, men of good fame, and they to keep the sword.
 
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