Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To supply or sell (food, for example).
- transitive verb To seek to disseminate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To foresee.
- To provide; supply; furnish; especially (in modern use), to provide or supply provisions or other necessaries for (a number of persons).
- To provide; make provision; purchase or supply provisions, especially for a number.
- To pander: with to.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.
- transitive verb To procure; to get.
- intransitive verb To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
- intransitive verb rare, rare To pander; -- with
to .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, obsolete To
prepare in advance (for or to do something); toplan , make provision. - verb transitive To
furnish orprovide .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb supply with provisions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And yet you say that both pedophiles and terrorists are the "bogeymen used by the government" and yet it was you that brought up the question of the scanners being "purvey".
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In the event, we purvey a broader definition of sf than what is traditionally published in the sf magazines, but that has some history going back to even before Gernsback and the invention of sf as a separate genre.
An Interview with John Kessel marshallpayne1 2009
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Clear Channel, KFI, and John and Ken have been in the wrong to purvey, condone, and sell hate speech in the past and are in the wrong now as they blunder this opportunity to make amends to several key Los Angeles communities.
Jorge-Mario Cabrera: John and Ken: The Best Apology Is a Farewell Message Jorge-Mario Cabrera 2011
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In effect, Maher and others who purvey falsely dangerous information get a free pass.
Wrong!… and Socially Irresponsible « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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Clear Channel, KFI, and John and Ken have been in the wrong to purvey, condone, and sell hate speech in the past and are in the wrong now as they blunder this opportunity to make amends to several key Los Angeles communities.
Jorge-Mario Cabrera: John and Ken: The Best Apology Is a Farewell Message Jorge-Mario Cabrera 2011
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Austin: purview the range or limit of authority, competence, responsibility, concern, or intention purvey to supply (as provisions) usually as a matter of business creepy
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Thus I think that the broader cultural appropriation of things that used to be solely the purvey of Science Fiction is a good thing, and huge media conventions like San Diego Comicon are a good thing.
MIND MELD: What Can Worldcon and Comic-Con Learn From Each Other? 2009
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In effect, Maher and others who purvey falsely dangerous information get a free pass.
October « 2009 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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Let those who purvey such stories perish without receiving what they want: attention and relevance.
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In the vile companions who purvey to his baser appetites he finds no charm.
Fomá Gordyéeff 2010
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