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Dispurveyance
Dispurveyance Dis`pur*vey"ance, n. Want of provisions; ?ack of food. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Purveance
Purveance Pur"ve*ance, Purveiaunce Pur"vei*aunce`, n. Purveyance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Purveiaunce
Purveance Pur"ve*ance, Purveiaunce Pur"vei*aunce`, n. Purveyance. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Purverable
Purverable Pur"ver*a*ble, a. Capable of being reduced to fine powder. --Boyle.
Purvey
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. Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day. --Spenser. 2. To procure; to get. I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. --Sir W. Scot.
Purvey
Purvey Pur*vey", v. i. 1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision. --Chaucer. Milton. 2. To pander; -- with to. `` Their turpitude purveys to their malice.' [R.] --Burke.
Purveyed
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. Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day. --Spenser. 2. To procure; to get. I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. --Sir W. Scot.
Purveying
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. Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day. --Spenser. 2. To procure; to get. I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. --Sir W. Scot.

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