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purvey

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pur⋅vey

  [per-vey]
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–verb (used with object)
to provide, furnish, or supply (esp. food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME purveien < AF purveier < L prōvidēre to foresee, provide for. See provide
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pur·vey   (pər-vā', pûr'vā')   
tr.v.   pur·veyed, pur·vey·ing, pur·veys

  1. To supply (food, for example); furnish.

  2. To advertise or circulate.


[Middle English purveien, from Anglo-Norman purveier, from Latin prōvidēre; see provide.]
pur·vey'ance n.
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Word Origin & History

purvey 
c.1290, from O.Fr. porveoir "to provide," from L. providere (see provide, which now usually replaces it). Agent noun purveyor (c.1300) is from O.Fr. porveour (13c.), from porveoir.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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