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Purvey   Listen
verb
Purvey  v. i.  
1.
To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
2.
To pander; with to. " Their turpitude purveys to their malice." (R.)






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"Purvey" Quotes from Famous Books



... hurry, and official duties are light; so light, that in these morning hours I see the governor, the sheriff, and the judge, with three other gentlemen, playing an interminable croquet game on the Court-house lawn. They purvey gossip for the ladies, and how much they invent, and how much they only circulate can ...
— The Hawaiian Archipelago • Isabella L. Bird



Words linked to "Purvey" :   render, provision, purveyance, supply, provide, furnish, purveyor



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