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    Purvey , 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.
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      Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey
      Yourself of sword before that bloody day.
      Spenser.

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    2. To procure; to get.
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      I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin.
      Sir W. Scot.

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    Purvey, v. i.
    1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
      Chaucer. Milton.

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    2. To pander; -- with to. “ Their turpitude purveys to their malice.” [R.]
      Burke.

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