'Purvey' definitions:
Definition of 'Purvey'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To procure; to get. [1913 Webster]
- I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. --Sir W. Scot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Purvey'
From: GCIDE
- Purvey \Pur*vey"\, v. i.
- 1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision. --Chaucer. Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pander; -- with to. " Their turpitude purveys to their malice." [R.] --Burke. [1913 Webster]