Purvey(v. i.) To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
Purvey(v. i.) To pander; -- with to.
Purvey(v. t.) To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.
Purvey(v. t.) To procure; to get.
Purveyance(n.) The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
Purveyance(n.) That which is provided; provisions; food.
Purveyance(n.) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.
Purveyed(imp. & p. p.) of Purvey
Purveying(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purvey
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