Definition of Purveys. Meaning of Purveys. Synonyms of Purveys

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Definition of Purveys

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 Purveys 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...
- double cheeseburger prepared using two sauces, and the restaurant also purveys 18 different milkshakes. Wesley T. "Pop" Swenson started selling hamburgers...
- 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...
- States serve locally sourced USDA beef). Gyu-Kaku also manufactures and purveys its own brand of kimchi in ****anese supermarkets, and a line of dipping...
- 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...
- specific type of fiduciary relationship for subsidizing expense accounts, purveying regular annuities, or both. Bidders at vendue were frequently interior...
- the stories of Arthur Machen. In Ireland, Gothic fiction tended to be purve**** by the Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy. According to literary critic...
- distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered **** offenders. And telecommunications...