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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.]
   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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   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.
   To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
   Chaucer. Milton.
   
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   To pander; -- with to. “ Their turpitude purveys to their malice.” [R.]
   Burke.
   
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