purveyn.
/ˈpəːveɪ/, U.S. /ˈpərˌveɪ/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready > that which is prepared beforehand
provision?c1430
provise1476
purvey?1516
purvision1570
provisal1641
?1516 T. More Mery Gest He made a good purauye [read puruaye] For euery whyt By his owne wyt, and toke other waye.
2. † a. Law. The provision of a statute; = purview n. 1. Obsolete.
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society > law > [noun] > a law > intention, tendency, or provisions of
purview1461
purvey1553
purveyance1632
scope1647
enactments1839
society > law > written law > [noun] > body of a statute
purview1461
purvey1553
purveyance1632
1553 Act 1 Mary Sess. 2. c. 7 §1 Proclamations should have been made, according to the Purvey of the same Estatute.
1565 Act 8 Eliz. c. 8 §1 Promoters..have..taken away by Virtue and Purvey of the said Estatute from divers poor Men..their Horse.
1579 R. Watts Will in Times (1854) 16 Feb. 11/2 For the provision of flaxe, hempe, yarne, wooll, and other necessarie stuffe, to sett the poore of the saide cittie aworke, according unto the purvey of a certayne statute made at Wesmester.
1634 in Statutes at Large, Ireland (1765) II. ix. 60 Fines..were not by reason of such adjournments had nor made, according to the purvey of the same statute.
b. gen. Scope, remit; = purview n. 2.
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the world > action or operation > [noun] > sphere or scope of operation
circuity1542
circuit1597
orb1598
range1622
sphere1661
circle1664
random1667
purview1688
domain1764
purvey1813
preserve1829
scope1830
demesne1851
coverage1930
space1976
1813 R. Fulton in Scribner's Monthly (1881) Aug. 570/2 Of this whole system..I claim to be the original inventor... Any attempt to fire any kind of ordnance under water..will be considered a violation of my right and purvey of my invention.
1865 J. H. Jones Know Truth 23 Use only such terms, and in such senses, as are pertinent to those subjects which come under the purvey of the Understanding and the Sense.
1961 T. Gladwin in F. L. K. Hsu Psychol. Anthropol. v. 138 The published report..deals almost entirely with the sensory modalities and would not now be included within the purvey of culture and personality.
2006 Canberra Times (Nexis) 19 Aug. b7 Whenever it has been within the purvey of a minister advised by bureaucrats to say yea or nay to development, the temptation to proffer to accept loot follows.
3. † a. That which is provided or supplied; provisions. Also in plural. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > a supply
purveyance1340
substance?c1425
providencec1450
provisionc1451
furnish1500
supply1567
reply?1592
purvey?1615
product1647
sorting1785
the world > food and drink > food > supply of food or provisions > [noun]
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kitchenc1400
tablec1405
stuff1436
acates1465
acatry1522
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achates1570
plate1577
avitaile1592
support1599
horn and corn1633
subsistence1640
cribbing1652
purvey1678
commissariat1811
ration1814
commissary1883
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xvii. 262 Those that vsde to furnish that puruay.
1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. iii. 239 And when y' are furnish'd with all Purveys I shall be ready, at your service.
1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace iii. i. 41 Waggon Loads of Vittal, and rich spoil, And good Purvey, they brought them from Carlile.
b. Scottish. The food provided for a gathering, now esp. a funeral or wedding.
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1886 Sat. Falkirk Herald 6 Nov. 3/6 Bro. Walker proposed a vote of thanks to the concert party..; and Bro. Halliday, to Mr Allan for the very excellent purvey.
1891 Irvine & Fullarton Times 3 Apr. The annual social meeting of this society was held in the St. Inan's Hall on Friday evening last... A splendid purvey, in Mrs Hamilton's best style, was not the least attractive feature of the evening.
1937 Wishaw Press & Advertiser 6 Aug. 5/1 The purvey was by Mr T. Denholm, who also supplied the wedding cake.
1985 New Yorker 30 Dec. 22/2 Known as the purvey, the sausage rolls and cakes lay on long wooden baker's trays on a trellis table at one end of the hall, beside the tea urns and a crate of lemonade bottles.
2000 I. Pattison Stranger here Myself (2001) 74 After Father's funeral we went there for a ham purvey.
2005 Glasgow Evening Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. 10 My pal's own wedding purvey had consisted of a seven-course meal—a bottle of spirits and a sixpack for each guest.
4. English regional (north-western). In parts of north-west England: a sum levied as an occasional or irregular tax. Now historical.
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1742 Addingham (Cumberld.) Parish Bk. Collected by the Church Wardens..two Purveys thro the whole Parish 2l 7s 0d.
1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 224 The rate assessed by purvey, about 30 l. a year.
1838 Addingham (Cumberld.) Par. Bk. 5 purvays Colected.
1839 Addingham (Cumberld.) Par. Bk. 8 purvas Colected.
1908 C. C. Hodgson Private Let. 5 Nov. In this county [sc. Cumberland], and it may be in others, the county rate used to be levied by ‘purveys’. A Purvey was a sum of £100 and according as £100, £200 or £300 was required the Qr. Sessions ordered one, two, or three purveys to be levied. A certain sum was fixed against each Parish as its contribution to the purvey... This system was found in time to operate unfairly, and in 1810 a special Act of Parliament was obtained abolishing Purveys.
1952 Eng. Hist. Rev. 67 526 In Cumberland and Westmorland the land tax was raised not according to the value of the property, but by ‘an ancient mode..called the Purvey’ each estate having a certain purvey which did not vary.
1985 Eng. Hist. Rev. 100 296 In Southampton the tax had always been estimated according to the Poor Rate, whilst Cumberland had used its traditional ‘purvey’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
purveyv.
/pəˈveɪ/, /pəːˈveɪ/, U.S. /pərˈveɪ/α. Middle English poruay, Middle English porueie, Middle English porueiþ (3rd singular present indicative), Middle English poruey, Middle English porueye, Middle English porveȝe, Middle English porvey, Middle English pourueye, Middle English purfay, Middle English puruai, Middle English purueith (3rd singular present indicative), Middle English purueþ (plural present indicative), Middle English purueye, Middle English puruieþ (3rd singular present indicative), Middle English puruy, Middle English purvae, Middle English purvaye, Middle English purve, Middle English purvy, Middle English purway, Middle English 1600s pourvey, Middle English 1600s pourveye, Middle English–1500s porvaye, Middle English–1500s pourveie, Middle English–1500s purueie, Middle English–1600s pouruey, Middle English–1600s puruay, Middle English–1600s puruey, Middle English–1600s purvay, Middle English–1600s purveie, Middle English–1600s purveye, Middle English– purvey, 1500s poorvey, 1500s pourvaye, 1500s puruaye, 1500s purueigh, 1500s purueyghe, 1500s purveis (3rd singular present indicative), 1500s–1600s puruie, 1500s–1600s purveyghe, 1600s purveigh; Scottish pre-1700 puruay, pre-1700 puruey, pre-1700 purvay, pre-1700 purwa, pre-1700 purwai, pre-1700 purway, pre-1700 purwaye, pre-1700 purwey, pre-1700 purwoy, pre-1700 1700s– purvey.
β. Middle English prouey, Middle English provei; Scottish pre-1700 provay.
γ. Middle English peruey, Middle English pervey, Middle English pirveyth (3rd singular present indicative); N.E.D. (1909) also records forms Middle English perveie, Middle English perveye.
δ. See past tense and past participle.
ε. late Middle English puruoye, late Middle English purvoie, late Middle English purvoye.
Also past tense and past participleα. Middle English poruaid, Middle English porueid, Middle English porueide, Middle English porueiȝede, Middle English porved, Middle English porveid, Middle English purued, Middle English purueide, Middle English purueit (Lancashire, in a late copy), Middle English purueyȝd, Middle English purueyȝed, Middle English purvaide, Middle English purvait (northern), Middle English purveide, Middle English purvyde, Middle English purwad, Middle English purweid (northern), Middle English 1600s purveid, Middle English–1500s purueid, Middle English–1600s puruaid, Middle English–1600s puruaide, Middle English–1600s purvaid, 1600s puruai'd; Scottish pre-1700 purvaid, pre-1700 purvait, pre-1700 purvat; N.E.D. (1909) also records forms Scottish pre-1700 purved, pre-1700 purvyde, pre-1700 purvyid.
β. Middle English proueid, Middle English proueide, Middle English proveyd; Scottish pre-1700 prouuait; N.E.D. (1909) also records forms Middle English provyde; Scottish pre-1700 prowyd.
γ. Middle English peruade, Middle English perueide, Middle English pervade.
δ. Middle English prauayde (past tense, perhaps transmission error), Middle English preuad, Middle English prevyed.
ε. late Middle English purvoyd; Scottish pre-1700 purvoit.
1. transitive. With infinitive or that-clause as object. To arrange in advance; to prepare; to plan. Cf. provide v. 5. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (intransitive)]
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purposea1400
devisec1400
becast1563
plot1607
factitate1616
project1631
to cast, lay a scheme1704
plan1776
to plan on1914
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > make preparations or arrangements
purveyc1300
providec1425
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to take (an) order1545
dress1596
pipe lay1844
to do one's homework1915
legislate1925
c1300 St. Wulstan (Laud) 153 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 75 (MED) Huy porueiden..Þat he scholde, aftur seint wolston, beon Bischop of wirecestre.
c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2154 Hii porueyde [a1400 Trin. Cambr. porueiȝede] þat hii adde folc ynou an honde.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 74 Þe Norreis [sc. Northern people] purueied to do him a despite.
c1450 (?a1405) J. Lydgate Complaint Black Knight (Fairf.) 496 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 403 (MED) The myghty Goddesse also of Nature..Disposed hath thro her wyse purveaunce To yive my lady so moche suffisaunce Of al vertues, and therwith-al purvyde [v.r. purveyd] To mordre Trouthe.
a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 2 (MED) His wif was a strompet..which purveith in þat day that hire husbond shuld be ded.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. vi. 5 Than the quene secretly dyd puruey to go in to Fraunce.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. K.vv The good emperour pourueyed, that all they of his palais shoulde depart.
c1580 ( tr. Bk. Alexander (1927) III. ii. 7954 The morne sall the great battell be, For-thy suld we puruey and se How that [etc.].
1604 M. Drayton Owle sig. G2v In mercy, let thy mightines puruay, To ransome from this eminent decay.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion iii. 44 So nature hath puruai'd, that during all her raigne The Bathes their natiue power for euer shall retaine.
1633 C. Farewell East-India Colation 4 Thus by a choyce pittance, a modicum, a Spanish Bocado, a bit and away, carefully purveying to recreate the best, and to prevent disorder in the rest.
1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 118 They reach the Land at length, their Food grew scant, And now they purvey to supply their want.
2.
a. transitive. To arrange or prepare (something) in advance; to bring (something) about by planning; = provide v. 4. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)]
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to make yarec1290
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address?a1425
parel?a1425
to get upc1425
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to get ready1530
to get ready1530
to set in readiness1575
apply1577
compose1612
predy1627
make1637
to dispose of1655
do1660
fallowa1764
to line up1934
prep1936
tee1938
the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide beforehand
foreseec900
purveyc1330
provise1484
prepare1535
the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > equip or outfit
frameOE
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to furnish forth1600
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to fit up1670
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to fit out1722
mount?1775
outfit1798
habilitate1824
arm1860
to fake out1871
heel1873
c1330 Short Metrical Chron. (Auch.) 200 in PMLA (1931) 46 120 (MED) Oþing ichil warni þe: Þine douhtern euerichone Han puruayd a foule tresone.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 8311 Þat mai noght thoru þi-self de don..Þou sal it puruai [a1400 Fairf. deuise; a1400 Gött. ordaine] in þi thoght; Thoru salamon it sal be wroght.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 220 (MED) No man hath to hym suspecioun Howe he purveieth the destruccioun Of his nevewe.
c1480 (a1400) St. Vincent 77 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 261 Bot god þane purvoit þo þat he ferlyt quheyne þat cumyne mycht be.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 34 I shal pourueye somme Iewels & money for our necessyte.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid x. ii. 54 To mak reddy for weyr, Purvay thar schippis, provyde armour and geyr.
1521 Irish Act 13 Hen. VIII in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 73 According unto the statutes in that behalfe purveyed.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxjv What vitale was purueyed for this greate enterprise.
b. intransitive. Obsolete.
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?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 1110 Þer he had purueied in a valeie [a1450 Lamb. knew by o valeye]..he bussed þam in partys þre.
c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 115 After þis God schal purveie [?a1475 anon. tr. make providence; L. providebit Deus].
1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. xi. sig. b.i To horsbak wente all the hoost as Arthur had afore purueyed.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 641 (MED) Oon ought to purveye er the stroke falle ther as is pereile.
3. intransitive. To prepare or make provision for an event, action, condition, etc., or for the supply of something needed. With against, for, or to. Cf. provide v. 8b. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > make preparations for (an event, etc.)
apparelc1314
purveya1382
prevenea1522
bespeak1582
providea1616
forespeak1659
formel1673
to set the stage1937
organize1952
to set up1965
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Esther xvi. 8 It is to purueyn [L. providendum est] to þe pes of alle prouyncis.
c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 75 That it may be purveied for by so dew meens that [etc.].
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxi. 77 Yf I had well thoughte to haue fallen in [this] inconuenyent..I wolde haue purueied therto.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. Cxiiijv/1 The chaunceler..entendyng to puruey there ayenst.
c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 11700 Full prestly þe prest hase puruayet þerfore.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 815 To Purueigh for things necessarie.
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man Pref. sig. a3v 'Tis forward to purvey for pleasures and delights for us.
1697 Free Disc. Doctr. Tyranny 10 His Treachery has many Years purvey'd for his Cruelty, and his Cruelty shed Torrents of Blood.
1726 T. Fitzgerald in Misc. Poems by Several Hands 15 Thus with wond'rous Wisdom he purveys Against contingent Want and rainy Days.
1828 R. Montgomery Age Reviewed (ed. 2) ii. 295 I can only wish him and similar wretches who purvey for the ruin of their fellow creatures, all the blessings derived from the bounty of their infernal master.
II. To provide, supply, equip.† 5. transitive (reflexive). To prepare oneself; to equip or ready oneself to do something or for (also of) an event, etc.; = provide v. 9b. Obsolete.
4. To provide or supply (something); = provide v. 6. Frequently with reference to food or other necessities.
a. transitive. With to or indirect object.
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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)]
affordOE
findOE
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tend1578
fourd1581
instaurate1583
to find out1600
suffice1626
subministrate1633
affurnisha1641
apply1747
to stump up1833
to lay on1845
to come up with1858
c1300 St. Kenelm (Laud) 97 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 348 (MED) Heo porueide hire riȝt feolonliche A poysun..For-to ȝiue þis ȝongue child to slen him.
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 5558 Þe clerk Merlin Hem hadde ypuruaid a riche in.
a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) (1850) Gen. xxii. 8 God shal puruey to hym [L. providebit sibi], my sone, the sacrifice.
c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 22 (MED) I wald noghte hafe þe stede of ane angelle if I myghte hafe þe stede þat es purvayede to man.
c1475 Erthe upon Erthe (Brogyntyn) (1911) 26 To purway þe a place In heywyn to dweylle.
?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. B.viv Goo puruey [printed pnruey] vs a dyner..Of all maner dysshes.
1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia iv. vi. 88 Care would be had, that there be such as may purvey us necessaries.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xiii. 341 Get thy wounds healed, purvey thee a better horse.
1871 Times 1 Dec. 9/3 Catholic physiology and Catholic jurisprudence are to be purveyed to exclusively Catholic recipients.
1954 Philos. Q. 4 192 The Collection Armand Colin..provides for the French reader the same sort of intellectual pabulum as that purveyed to the English Reader by the Home University Library.
1992 Independent (Nexis) 22 Aug. 10 Ministers feel they have vital information to purvey to the outside world.
b. transitive. Without specified beneficiary.
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c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 448 Frende Youn..Wiltow fiȝt for mi þing? Oþer y schal anoþer puruay [a1500 Cambr. Gett].
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 17938 (MED) Now is the taylage cast & layde; That somme was sone y-puruayde.
a1500 ( in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 20 I have purveyed xiij. tons tight [weight?] of Cane stone.
c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 75 Wherfore a remedy puruey in hast.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Socrates in Panoplie Epist. 228 Being prouident in purueying victuals for her nourishment.
a1631 R. Cotton Abstr. Rec. Tower (1642) 15 The late Queene Anno 1567. caused by Warrant of privie Seale a great quantity of Beere to be purveyed, transported and sold to her owne use beyond the seas.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 619 Such is all the mental food purvey'd . View more context for this quotation
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xii. 234 The provisions..had been excellently purveyed under Ralegh's contract.
1891 S. J. Weyman Story Francis Cludde iii. 45 Purveyors, indeed!.. The Queen should lie warm if she uses all the wool they took! And the pack-horses they purveyed to carry off the plunder.
1963 ‘E. Crispin’ Best SF Five 9 The success of the Quatermass series has given science fiction a limited yet tolerably regular share in the hotchpotch purveyed by the small screen.
a1992 L. Colwin More Home Cooking (1993) xxxvii. 184 My local health food store purveys organic, free-running Amish turkeys at Thanksgiving.
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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (reflexive)] > equip oneself
purveyc1300
warnisha1400
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equip1841
c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 52 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 108 (MED) Heo porueide hire and fort a-wei gan go.
c1330 Sir Degare (Auch.) 481 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 302 Amorewe þe iustes was iset; Þe King him purueid wel þe bet.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 19 (MED) He..þe willes of þe zaules wasteþ and despendeþ ine folyes..an him ne poruayþ of his rekeninge.
a1425 (c1333–52) L. Minot Poems (1914) 11 He bad his men þam puruay, With owten lenger delay.
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 179 Þe Frenschmen purueyed hem for to fite with Englischmen.
1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. a.ijv Syr ye must puruey yow, for the nourisshyng of your child.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) 2164 (MED) He purveyd hym anon, To wend ouer the see fome.
a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vii. 3074 Fourty dayis assuffryd ware thai Thame for that passage to purway.
6. † b. transitive. To supply (a person, etc.) with what is necessary; to equip; = provide v. 9. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To provide or supply (a person, place, etc.) with (also †of) something; = provide v. 10. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything
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help (a person) to (also with)1569
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to fix out1725
issue1737
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a1325 St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 145) 34 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) ) 385 (MED) He het al þe lond aboute to porueie hom of sede.
c1395 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale 591 But for that I was purueyed [v.rr. purued, purueiede] of a make, I wepte but smal.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) 25912 Ilkan agh..puruay ham wiþ al þing fare.
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 62 Þare he refreschez him and puruays him of vitailes.
c1475 tr. Secreta Secret. (Tripolitanus abbrev.) (1977) 322 (MED) God..hath purueide thaim of so noble a kynge.
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 215 Had thai bene prouuait sa [1568 sa prowydit] of schote of gvne..but perile thay had past.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. O8v Giue no ods to your foes, but doe puruay Your selfe of sword before that bloody day.
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 125 His House with all convenience was purvey'd.
1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. viii. 165 Thence he went back to London, was purveyed with a spy.
1972 Times 15 Nov. 16/7 Nor will Zanzibaris, few of whom will be able to afford a private television set, be purveyed with a diet of Coronation Street and Alf Garnett.
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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything
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c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 7473 Þe normans were þo wel porueid [a1400 Trin. Cambr. iporueid] aboute in eche ende, & stones adonward slonge vpe hom ynowe.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 138 (MED) He y-herþ..þe wylles of þe poure and ham poruayþ.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. 447 We scholen hem fynden most besy, And wers I-purveyed..thanne here Aftyr that they scholen be.
?c1450 (?a1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 386 Þat þe clergy was sufficyently purveyed for lyfelode.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccvv The erle hoped, and nothyng lesse mistrusted, then to be assured and purueyed in that place.
7. intransitive. To supply or equip; to provide what is necessary; esp. to make provision for, or cater to, a person, his or her needs, etc. Also figurative and in extended use. Cf. provide v. 8a. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)]
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to make finance1540
catera1640
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 145 (MED) Alle he heþ imad communliche, alle yboȝt communliche, to allen porueyþ communliche.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxx. 30 Þann it is riȝtfull þat sumtyme also I puruey to my house.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1327 (MED) Elda..Was sent tofore to pourveie.
a1450 York Plays (1885) 231 Ȝitt hadde I noght a peny To purvey for my prowe.
1480 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (Rolls) VIII. viii. ii. 525 By lycence of kyng Edward his fader he pourveyed for his ayde and helpe.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxxii. 54 A faire Ensample how god purueyeth to them that haue deuocion in hym.
a1500 Story of Alexander 279 (MED) I..pray you that ȝe drede god..& be most obeyssiant to hym þat shall best purvay for þe gude astate of hys people.
1514 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1884) V. 56 To th' entent that every of them may provyde and purvey for hymselff wtin the said halff year.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1021 I [sc. Adam] the praise Yeild thee, so well this day thou hast purvey'd . View more context for this quotation
a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo iv, in Wks. (1721) III. 121 This for his Lust insatiably purveys.
1796 E. Burke Let. to Noble Lord 4 Their turpitude purveys to their malice.
1830 M. W. Shelley Fortunes Perkin Warbeck I. i. 10 The old man entered with the spirit of a soldier into his guest's anxiety for his steed, and assisted in purveying to its wants.
1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 838 Dantzic reaped great advantages in purveying for the troops during the Seven Years' war.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion ii. iii Lute and lay espoused In adoration that purveys to sense.
1932 Yale Law Jrnl. 42 121 Prices apparently assume significance only as costs to the manufacturers and dealers who purvey to the ultimate consuming public.
1964 Times 25 Apr. 4/7 Unscrupulous commercial interest had soon seen the opportunity to exploit the new affluence and to purvey for the most vulgar of tastes.
8.
a. transitive. To foresee (an event, etc.); = provide v. 3. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > foresee or foreknow [verb (transitive)]
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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 152 (MED) Þe þinges þet byeþ to comene, he deþ poruay and ordayny.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxxii. 29 Folk wiþoute conseil it is & wiþoute wisdom; wolde god þei saueredyn & vnderstodyn & last þyngys purueyȝedyn [v.r. purueyden; L. providerent].
?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. iii. 45 It byhoveth nedes that thinges that ben to comen ben i-purveied [v.r. yporueyid].
c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 605/36 Provideo, to purveye, or to see byfore.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Univ. Oxf. 64) in Psalter (1884) 519 God gif thai..puruayd thaire laste, that thai myght dye sikyrly.
b. transitive. To see before one; to have in view; (hence) to keep in mind; to consider. Obsolete. to purvey the Lord (also God) in sight: to keep the Lord in mind, to consider God.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > have in view
purveyc1350
to see over ——1765
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xv. 8 (MED) Y puruaiede our Lord in my siȝt [L. Providebam Dominum in conspectu meo], for he is at my riȝt half.
c1410 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 438 (MED) Eer thi wrecched soule departe fro the prison of thi flesch, let it purueye whider it may goo.
?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 8 (MED) Obstinacioun or hardnes of herte..is..forȝetil of tyme þat is passid, necligent in tyme þat is present, not purueiyng for tyme þat is to cum.
c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies ii. ii, in Anglia (1885) 8 151 (MED) She was aferde and dredde alle hir werkes, purveynge oure lorde alle-wey in hir sighte.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xv. 8 I poruayd god ay in my sight!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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