Antonyms for purvey


Grammar : Verb
Spell : per-vey
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈveɪ


Definition of purvey

Origin :
  • late 13c., from Anglo-French porveire, purveire and directly from Old French porveoir "to provide, prepare, arrange" (Modern French pourvoir), from Latin providere "make ready" (see provide, which now usually replaces it). Related: Purveyed; purveying.
  • verb furnish
Example sentences :
  • Garland, will you purvey another psychic and conduct the pursuit?
  • Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
  • From Rousseau's "Confessions," we have not room to purvey further.
  • Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
  • Then the king let purvey for a great feast, and let cry a great jousts.
  • Extract from : « Children's Literature » by Charles Madison Curry
  • In the vile companions who purvey to his baser appetites he finds no charm.
  • Extract from : « Revolution and Other Essays » by Jack London
  • Now, why should not the Commissariat purvey the Hospital with food?
  • Extract from : « The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 » by Edward Tyas Cook
  • This he could not purvey, nor was his business management a success.
  • Extract from : « The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. IV » by Various
  • The cellaress had to purvey 22 “gud oxen” by the year for the convent.
  • Extract from : « Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 » by Eileen Edna Power
  • The next matter was to purvey me three horses of the fleetest.
  • Extract from : « A Monk of Fife » by Andrew Lang
  • Henry VI seems to have given 200 for to purvey them books to the pleasure of God.
  • Extract from : « Old English Libraries » by Ernest Savage
  • She was so rich in goods, that what the wives of thirty kings could not purvey, that Kriemhild did.
  • Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown

Synonyms for purvey

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