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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey
Yourself of sword before that bloody day. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To procure; to get. [ 1913 Webster ]

I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. Sir W. Scot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Purvey

v. i. 1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision. Chaucer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pander; -- with to. “ Their turpitude purveys to their malice.” [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Purveyance

n. [ Cf. F. pourvoyance. ] 1. The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ill purveyance of his page. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is provided; provisions; food. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Eng. Law) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Purveyor

n. [ OE. porveour, OF. pourveor, F. pourvoyeur. See Purvey, and cf. Proveditor. ] 1. One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a procurer; a pimp; a bawd. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

purvey

/P ER0 V EY1//เผ่อ (ร) เฟ้//pɜːʴvˈeɪ/

purveys

/P ER0 V EY1 Z//เผ่อ (ร) เฟ้ สึ//pɜːʴvˈeɪz/

purveyed

/P ER0 V EY1 D//เผ่อ (ร) เฟ้ ดึ//pɜːʴvˈeɪd/

purveyor

/P ER0 V EY1 ER0//เผ่อ (ร) เฟ้ เอ่อ (ร)//pɜːʴvˈeɪɜːʴ/

purveying

/P ER0 V EY1 IH0 NG//เผ่อ (ร) เฟ้ อิ่ง//pɜːʴvˈeɪɪŋ/

purveyors

/P ER0 V EY1 ER0 Z//เผ่อ (ร) เฟ้ เอ่อ (ร) สึ//pɜːʴvˈeɪɜːʴz/

WordNet (3.0)WordNet (3.0)

purveyance

(n)the act of supplying something

purveyor

(n)someone who supplies provisions (especially food)

Japanese-English: EDICT DictionaryEDICT JP-EN Dictionary

御用商人;ご用商人

[ごようしょうにん, goyoushounin](n) a purveyor to the government[Add to Longdo]

御用達;ご用達

[ごようたし;ごようたつ;ごようだつ;ごようだち, goyoutashi ; goyoutatsu ; goyoudatsu ; goyoudachi](n) purveyor to the government; purveyor to the Imperial Household[Add to Longdo]

用足し;用達;用足(io);用たし;用達し(io)

[ようたし;ようたつ(用達), youtashi ; youtatsu ( youtatsu )](n, vs) (1) running errands; going on errands; (2) (transaction of) business; going about one's business; (3) doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom; (4) (esp. 用達) (See 御用達) purveying; purveyor[Add to Longdo]

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