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Dispurveyance
Dispurveyance Dis`pur*vey"ance, n.
Want of provisions; ?ack of food. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Purveance
Purveance Pur"ve*ance, Purveiaunce Pur"vei*aunce`, n.
Purveyance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Purveiaunce
Purveance Pur"ve*ance, Purveiaunce Pur"vei*aunce`, n.
Purveyance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Purverable
Purverable Pur"ver*a*ble, a.
Capable of being reduced to fine powder. --Boyle.
PurveyPurvey 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.
PurveyedPurvey 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. PurveyingPurvey 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.
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