Purview Definition
pûrvyo͝o
noun
The extent or range of control, activity, or concern; province.
Webster's New World
Range of vision.
American Heritage
The body and scope of an act or bill.
Webster's New World
Range of sight or understanding.
Webster's New World
The body or main part of a statute, as distinguished from its preamble.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Purview
Noun
Singular:
purview
Plural:
purviewsOrigin of Purview
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From Middle English purveu (“proviso"), from Anglo-Norman purveuest (“it is provided"), or purveu que (“provided that") (statutory language), from Old French porveu (“provided"), past partiple of porveoir (“to provide"), from Latin provideo (See provide). Influenced by view and its etymological antecedants.
From Wiktionary
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Alteration (influenced by view) of Middle English purveu proviso from Anglo-Norman purveu est it is provided (from the use of this word to introduce a proviso) past participle of purveier to provide purvey
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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