purvey

[ per-vey ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.

Origin of purvey

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1250–1300; Middle English purveien<Anglo-French purveier<Latin prōvidēre to foresee, provide for. See provide

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How to use purvey in a sentence

  • purvey says, "Men might expound much openlier and shortlier the Bible than the old doctors have expounded it in Latin."

British Dictionary definitions for purvey

purvey

verb(pəˈveɪ) (tr)
  1. to sell or provide (commodities, esp foodstuffs) on a large scale

  2. to publish or make available (lies, scandal, etc)

noun(ˈpɜːvɪ)
  1. Scot the food and drink laid on at a wedding reception, etc

Origin of purvey

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C13: from Old French porveeir, from Latin prōvidēre to provide

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