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Definition of Purvey

Purvey
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.
Purvey
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.

Meaning of Purvey from wikipedia

- Purveyance was an ancient prerogative right of the English Crown to purchase provisions and other necessaries for the royal household, at an appraised...
- John Purvey (c. 1354 – c. 1414) was an English theologian, reformer, and disciple of John Wycliffe. He was born around 1354 in Lathbury, near Newport Pagnell...
- A grocery store (AE), grocery shop (BE) or simply grocery is a foodservice retail store that primarily retails a general range of food products, which...
- John Purvey (by 1525 – 21 April 1583), of Wormley, Hertfordshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Huntingdon...
- Nicholas of Hereford is known to have translated a part of the text; John Purvey and perhaps John Trevisa are names that have been mentioned as possible...
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- with additional updated versions being done by Wycliffe's ****istant John Purvey, and others, in 1388 and 1395. More recently, historians of the Wycliffite...
- in Beijing, China, where some restaurants set up food stalls outdoors to purvey the product. Concerns about air pollution generated from shaokao vendors...
- instance, in 1998, Richard Dawkins wrote that "The X-Files systematically purveys an anti-rational view of the world which, by virtue of its recurrent persistence...
- Canterbury Tales. 1388 – Revision of Wycliffe's Bible is completed by John Purvey, and Wyclif's followers, known as Lollards, begin to be ****cuted in England...