Purvey Definition

pər-vā, pûrvā
purveyed, purveying, purveys
verb
purveyed, purveying, purveys
To furnish or supply (often, specif., food or provisions)
Webster's New World
To seek to disseminate.
Ideas purveyed by political extremists.
American Heritage

To procure; to get.

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pronoun

A surname.

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Origin of Purvey

  • From Anglo-Norman purveer, purveir et al., Old French porveeir, porveoir, from Latin prōvidÄ“re (“to provide"). Compare provide.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English purveien from Anglo-Norman purveier from Latin prōvidēre provide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Purvey Sentence Examples

  • They purvey everything from Herman Miller to Blu Dot, Kartell, Steelcase, and Dwell Studio.

  • For all this, manuscripts of Purvey's Revision were copied and re-copied during this century, the text itself being evidently approved by the ecclesiastical authorities, when in the hands of the right people and if unaccompanied by controversial matter.

  • For someone who rejects word worship, you 're awfully quick off the mark to purvey nonsense by definition.

  • Of the Lollard movement in Scotland but little is known, but a curious relic has come down to our times in the shape of a New Testament of Purvey's Revision in the Scottish dialect of the early 16th century.

  • Films and television programs purvey a nostalgic view of horse-drawn (and fog-shrouded) London.

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