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▪ I. purˈveying, vbl. n.
[f. purvey v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb purvey.
†1. Foreseeing, foresight; providence, prudence.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iv. 958 (986) If ther myght ben a variaunce To wrythen out fro goddes purueynge. 1382Wyclif Prov. x. 23 Wisdam forsothe is to a man purueing [1388 Wisdom is prudence to a man].
†2. Preparation, arrangement, management; = purveyance 2. Obs.
c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 8170 Than he lete make purveing..Into Ynde to take werre on hond. 1644Milton Areop. 27 That which others have tak'n so strictly, and so unalterably into their own purveying.
3. The providing or procuring of supplies; foraging; = purveyance 5, 6.
1552Huloet, Purueyghinge of corne or grayne, frumentatio. 1623Cockeram, Lignation, a hewing or purueying of wood. 1804Gillespie in Duncan Nelson (1806) 220 The attention paid..to the victualling and purveying for the fleet. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) I. xxviii. 235 His own household had neither wages, clothes, nor food, except what they obtained by purveying, in their case only a licence to rob.
▪ II. purˈveying, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That purveys; that manages the provisioning.
1789B. Rush Med. Enq. 70 The union of the purveying and directing departments of hospitals in the same persons. |