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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
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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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