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unpurˈveyed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Of persons: Unprovided, unfurnished, unsupplied (with something):
a. Const. of.
a1300Cursor M. 5444 ‘Now leue sun ioseph,’ he said, ‘O þe es [= am] i noght vnpuruaid’. c1375Lay Folks Mass Bk. 424 (Royal MS.), If þou of ane be vn-puruayde. 1471Paston Lett. III. 4 It is soo that my brother is on purveyed off monye. a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV, 197 You may thinke that kyng Edward was not..so vnpurueyed of counsail, to forsake thys beneficiall alliaunce. 1596Spenser F.Q. vii. vi. 14 All the heauenly crew Of happy wights, now vnpurvaide of light, Were much afraid.
†b. Without const. Also = not provided for.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. cxlii. 153 b/1 That yf I wexed an almes gyuer, god sholde neuer leue me unpurueyed. a1500Assemb. Ladies 382 Than we began to dresse us in our gyse, That folk shuld see we were nat unpurvayd. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys 50 For one small faute..out is he cast bare and vnpuruayde. c1530Court of Love 561 And ye that ben unpurveyed, praye her eke Comfort you soon.
†2. Unprepared; not in readiness (to resist attack, etc.). Obs.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 111 In þe nyȝt..Englische men..disperbled and chased þe enemyes unpurveied. c1425Orolog. Sapient. v. in Anglia X. 359/7 Take me not so vnpurveyed fro þis liȝte of life. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1906) 146 The .v. maidenes that were folys, that slepte and were vnpurueyed. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 32 It was forsene that the kyng nor his people should be taken vnpuruyed. 1586Day Eng. Secretorie ii. 114 It seemeth a matter incident to his accompt..that..he be not vnpurueyed in his owne person.
†3. Unforeseen; unexpected(ly). Obs.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. i. (1868) 30 Til þat she confounde wiþ vnsuffreable sorwe hem þat she haþ left in despeir vnpurueyed [L. insperata]. c1425Wyntoun Cron. ii. xvi. 1531 He slew of þaim a gret party As he come on vnpurvaid, Vnwarnyst wer þai. 1456Sir G. Hay Gov. Princes Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 112 Rycht sa of ane unkynde ȝere..men may better purvay na it war unknawin na unpurvayde of before. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 359 b/2 As they fled they..mette the holy body sodenly unpourueyed.
4. Of things: Not furnished beforehand.
a1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV, 243 He..left nothyng apperteignyng to the warre, vnpurueyed or vnlooked for. |