purvey

UK /pəˈveɪ/ US /pɚˈveɪ/
verb 3name 1

Definitions

verb

1

To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.

A sayd the kynge / syn ye knowe of your aduenture puruey for hit / and put awey by your craftes that mysauenture / Nay said Merlyn it wylle not be / soo he departed from the kynge

2

To furnish or provide.

Giue no ods to your foes, but do puruay / Your selfe of sword before that bloudy day:

Those who sell their own products are distinguished from purveyors, who purvey what others produce.

3

To procure; to get.

I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin.

name

1

A surname.

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