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.
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Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey
Yourself of sword before that bloody day. Spenser.
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2. To procure; to get.
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I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. Sir W. Scot.
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