What does "purvey" mean?
Purvey: To procure; to get. I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. Sir W. Scot.
Additional senses
- 2.To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision. Chaucer. Milton.
- 3.To pander; -- with to. " Their turpitude purveys to their malice." [R.] Burke.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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