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purveyance|pəˈveɪəns|
Forms: 3–4 (5) por-, 3–8 pour-, 3– pur-; 3–6 -vea(u)nce, (4 -ans), 3–6 -via(u)nce, (-ans), 4–6 -vya(u)nce, (-a(u)ns); 4 -veyonce, 4–6 -veya(u)nce, 4–7 -veia(u)nce, 5–6 -voyance, 5– purveyance, (6 -veigh-, -veygha(u)nce). Also 5 perveaunce, -viance; Sc. perwyans, pourwiance, purweans, -wians. (Bef. c 1620 commonly with u for v.)
[ME. a. OF. por-, purvea(u)nce:—L. prōvidēntia: see providence. Subsequently conformed to the vb. purveeir, pourvoir, purvey, as F. purvei-, pourvoyance; in Eng., with shift of stress from purveˈance, ˈpurviance, to purˈvei-, purˈveyance.]
†1. Foresight; foreknowledge of and provision for the future; = providence 2. Obs.
1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 9387 Fol hardi he is inou ac al wiþoute rede, Hastif wiþoute porveance. a1340Hampole Psalter xciii. 8 Fulis withouten puruyaunce of þe toþer warld. 1340Ayenb. 83 Wyþ-oute wyt and wyþ-oute porueyonce. c1374Chaucer Boeth. v. vi. 83 (Camb. MS.) For which it nis nat yclepyd preuydence, but it sholde rather ben clepyd puruyaunce [non prævidentia sed providentia potius dicitur] þat byhooldeth from a-fer alle thinges. 1450–80tr. Secreta Secret. 17 Thou maist with thi purveaunce and forsight helpe thi sugetis. 1567Test. Hen. Stewart 130 in Scot. Sat. Poems I. 43 Quhair Venus anis gettis in hir gouernance..Wisdome is exilit and prudent puruoyance. 1581Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. (1887) 166 For youth..while it rometh without purueyaunce, makes marueilous a doe before it will die.
†2. The action of preparing, arranging, or ordaining; preparation, pre-arrangement; ordination, direction, government, management; = providence 1; provision n. 2. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 11556 (Cott.) Qua herd euer ani slik Purueance sa ful of suike. a1330Otuel 666, & alle winter þe king of Fraunce, Lette maken his purueianse. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) IV. 241 He made perviaunce for meytes and drynkes and oþer thynges. 1465Paston Lett. II. 200, I pray..that ye will make such purveyaunce therfor that it may be to myn delyveraunce. c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 577 In-to þe sete I woll a-pere ffor my gestes to make porvyawns. a1550Freiris of Berwik 434 in Dunbar's Poems (S.T.S.) II. 299 He had witt of all hir purveance to. 1586J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 67/2 The citizens of Dublin..made the best purueiance they could to defend their citie. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass xii. (1664) 132 The sweet sleepe of the senses, The fountain of sage Advice and good Purveyance.
†3. In full, purveyance of God, divine purveyance: = providence 3. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Frankl. T. 137 Eterne god that thurgh thy purueiaunce Ledest the world by certein gouernaunce. 1390Gower Conf. Prol. I. 23 The hyhe almyhti pourveance, In whos eterne remembrance Fro ferst was every thing present. 1497Bp. Alcock Mons Perfect. D ij 2 Dispeyred on the purueaunce of almyghty god how they sholde be fedde. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 1902 This yle of Ely by deuyne purueaunce With muddy waters is compased aboute. a1555Philpot Exam. & W. (Parker Soc.) 116 He was..born into this world by the divine purveyance.
†4. That which is ordained; an ordinance or statute, or a clause in one: cf. provision n. 8. In quot. 1632 = purview 1. Obs.
[1261Patent 46 Hen. III m. 19 in Rymer's Fœdera (1816) I. 411 Diuers ordeinemens, purveaunces, e establisemens fez a Oxinford.] 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 11007 So þat atte laste hii broȝte him þer to To makie a porueance amendement to do. Imad it was at Oxenford þut lond uor to seyte. Ibid. 11047 Þe quene was ek biȝonde se & þe kinges breþeren al so, & euere þoȝte hou hii miȝte þe purueance vndo. a1300Cursor M. 11551 He made a purueance in hi, Þat mani saccles suld it bij. 1433Rolls of Parlt. IV. 439/1 Yhe yeerly moste renne in much gretter Dette, oo lesse than other purveance wer made. 1513Act 5 Hen. VIII, c. 4 §2 Every Piece so calendred against the Ordinances and Purveyances aforesaid. 1632Womens Rights 391 The count had recited the whole purueyance of the act.
5. The providing or furnishing (of some necessary), esp. the purveying or provision of victuals.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 123 Me made grete purveaunce of vitailles for hym. c1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 1737 Of vitayles þai made na purueance. 1540Morysine Vives' Introd. Wysd. B vj b, They are greatte and longe purviaunce for a lyttell and short lyfe. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. V 75 b, He made greate purveighance of all thynges necessary for the coronacion of his Quene. 1600Holland Livy xxii. 439 For purueyance of forage and fewell. 1788Priestley Lect. Hist. iv. xxxi. 233 The way of collecting the rents, both in money and purveyances of victuals, &c. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. iii. 119 All along the coast..there was busy baking of biscuits and purveyance of provender.
6. spec. The requisition and collection of provisions, etc., as a right or prerogative; esp. the right formerly appertaining to the crown of buying whatever was needed for the royal household at a price fixed by the purveyor, and of exacting the use of horses and vehicles for the king's journeys.
1439Rolls of Parlt. V. 32/2 Thabuse of the said purveaunce. 1475Bk. Noblesse (Roxb.) 40 He rewardid fifty thousande sak wolle for perveaunce. 1483Caxton Cato d v b, Therfore she counceylled unto the kynge..that he sholde make pourueaunce and store of it. 1601F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edw. II, §47 (1876) 29 A vallet of mestier purveiour of ale, who shal make the purveiance of ale. 1612Davies Why Ireland, etc. (1787) 189 He established the composition of the Pale, in lieu of purveyance and sess of soldiers. 1668E. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Eng. (1669) 113 The King by his Prerogative hath had at all times the Right of Purveyance or Pre-emption of all sorts of Victuals neer the Court. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. viii. 288 By degrees the powers of purveyance have declined, in foreign countries as well as our own. 1776Adam Smith W.N. iii. ii. I. 477 Great Britain is..the only monarchy in Europe where the oppression of purveyance has been entirely abolished. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. II. xvii. (1877) 538 The prerogative of purveyance included, besides the right of preemption of victuals, the compulsory use of horses and carts and even the enforcement of personal labour.
†7. That which is purveyed; a supply, stock, provision (of victuals, arms, or other necessaries). Cf. providence 1 b. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 11677 Vr water purueance es gan. c1386Chaucer Frankl. T. 176 A gardyn..In which that they hadde maad hir ordinance Of vitaille and of oother purueiance. c1470Henry Wallace viii. 1004 Breid, ayll and wyn, with othir purweans. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. vi. 5 In a nother ship they had put all theyr purueyaunce. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 6 How Yarmouth..should..supply her inhabitants with plentifull purueyance of sustenance.
†b. An armed force fitted out; armament; array. Obs. rare.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 125 The ȝere next on hand ȝede þe Kyng of France To þe holy land, with his purueiance. c1400Laud Troy Bk. 5734 He scholde with⁓oute distaunce Come with alle his puruyaunce, That were lefft with-Inne the walles.
Hence purˈveyancer nonce-wd., purveyor.
1800Coleridge Piccolom. ii. xiv, Did the Duke make any of these provisos..when he gave you the office of army purveyancer? |