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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: purvey (0.00931 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to purvey.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: purvey purvey v : supply with provisions [syn: provision]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Purvey Purvey \Pur*vey"\, 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 \Pur*vey"\, 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]

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