[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

purvey \purvey"\, 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
see also:
purveyed purveying provide purview 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

purvey \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

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

purvey
     v : supply with provisions syn: provision
see also:
provision 

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