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
- 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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