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purveyed, ppl. a.|-ˈveɪd| [f. purvey v. + -ed1.] 1. ppl. adj. †a. Pre-arranged, foreordained. †b. Equipped, prepared. c. Furnished, provided.
1390Gower Conf. III. 141 Practique..techeth hou and in what wise Thurgh hih pourveied ordinance A king schal sette in governance His Realme. 1435Rolls of Parlt. IV. 491/1 Wherfore, like it to your purveyed discretions, to pray [etc.]. 1470–85Malory Arthur ii. ix. 86 But syr are ye purueyed, said Merlyn, for to morne the hooste of Nero..wille sette on yow. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. xxxii. 146 We be nat as nowe purueyed to gyue you a full answere. †2. pa. pple. purveyed that, provided that: see provided II. Obs.
1398in Rymer Fœdera (1709) VIII. 61/1 Purvait that Heritages on bathe the Syds stand in the fourme and vertue as is compris'd within the Trewes. 1447Rolls of Parlt. V. 135/1 Purveied also, that noo man havyng any Graunte of..the King..of any Castels..bee stopped or prejudiced. |