Antonyms for purview

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pur-vyoo

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr vyu

Definition of purview

Origin : mid-15c., "body of a statute," from Anglo-French purveuest "it is provided," or purveu que "provided that" (late 13c.), clauses that introduced statutes in old legal documents, from Anglo-French purveu, Old French porveu (Modern French pourvu) "provided," past participle of porveoir "to provide," from Latin providere "make ready" (see provide). Sense of "scope, extent" is first recorded 1788 in "Federalist" (Madison). Modern sense and spelling influenced by view (n.).

noun ken
noun range

Example sentences :

So these also the Artist will have to keep within his purview.
Extract from : « The Heart of Nature » by Francis Younghusband

Philo of Alexandria does not come within our purview as he was not medival.
Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik

With this we may compare the purview of a statute, from the Old Fr.
Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley

Here was a manifestation far outside the purview of his experience.
Extract from : « Sudden Jim » by Clarence Budington Kelland

The supposed act is outside of its reach of purview and testimony.
Extract from : « Theoretical Ethics » by Milton Valentine

Considerations of larger scope did not come within the purview of his intellect.
Extract from : « Demos » by George Gissing

The purview of this statute, was in the same spirit with the preamble; pray read it!
Extract from : « Novanglus, and Massachusettensis » by John Adams

Once, in her glance, she took me in her purview, and I knew she knew I was watching her.
Extract from : « The Journal of a Disappointed Man » by Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

It does not come within the purview of this volume of reminiscences.
Extract from : « Recollections of a Varied Life » by George Cary Eggleston

I contend that they do not come within the intention and purview of the statute against piracy.
Extract from : « Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York » by A. F. Warburton

Synonyms for purview

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