purvey
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Verb
purveys, 3rd person singular present; purveyed, past tense; purveyed, past participle; purveying, present participle;
/pərˈvā/,
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purveys, 3rd person singular present; purveyed, past tense; purveyed, past participle; purveying, present participle;
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Provide or supply (food, drink, or other goods) as one's business
- - shops purveying cooked food
- - this magazine feels like a concerted effort to purvey gloom and doom
Web Definitions:
- provision: supply with provisions
- (purveyance) the act of supplying something
- Purveyance is the right of the Crown to requisition goods and services for royal use, and was developed in England over the course of the late eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. ...
- (Purveying) Beginning as early as the 14th century, a grocer (also called purveyor) was a dealer in comestible dry goods such as spices, pepper, sugar, and (later) cocoa, tea and coffee. These items were bought in bulk, hence the term grocer from the French "grossier" meaning wholesaler.
- To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision; To furnish or provide