purveyn.

Brit.

/ˈpəːveɪ/, U.S.

/ˈpərˌveɪ/

Forms: 1500s peruaie, 1500s puruaye, 1500s– purvey, 1600s puruay, 1800s purvas (English regional (Cumberland), plural), 1800s purvay (English regional (Cumberland)).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: purvey v.

Etymology: < purvey v. Compare earlier purview n.

†1. An arrangement, a provision. Obsolete. rare.

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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.

†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.

†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]

victualsa1375

substancec1384

repasta1393

kitchenc1400

tablec1405

stuff1436

acates1465

acatry1522

victualling1532

provision1555

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 2^l 7^s 0^d.

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.

Brit.

/pəˈveɪ/,

/pəːˈveɪ/, U.S.

/pərˈveɪ/

Forms:

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 participle

α. 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.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French purveer, porveeir.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman purveer, purveeir, purveier, purveir, porveer, porveier, pourveyer and Old French porveeir, porveoir, purveer, Old French, Middle French pourveoir, Middle French pourvoir (French pourvoir ) to foresee (beginning of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), to look to (God), to keep (God) in mind (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman: see note below), to make arrangements in advance (first half of the 12th cent.), to provide or supply (a person) with (a thing) (c1165, originally used reflexively with reference to providing food; end of the 12th cent. used transitively), to prepare for an event, action, condition, etc., or for the supply of something needed (late 12th cent. in pourveoir a ), to arrange or prepare (a thing) in advance (late 12th cent.), to ponder, consider (a thing), to give thought to (a thing) (early 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman) < classical Latin prōvidēre provide v. Compare Old Occitan provezir (13th cent.), Catalan proveir (13th cent. as †provehir , †proveer ), Spanish proveer (first half of the 13th cent.), Portuguese prover (13th cent. as †prouéér ), Italian provvidere (see provide v.). Compare later previde v.¹, previde v.², provide v.The β. , γ. , and δ. forms apparently show prefix substitution (compare pro- prefix¹, per- prefix, and pre- prefix respectively); compare (with the β. forms) Old French provoer , Middle French proveoir , provoir (second half of the 13th cent. in Old French), (with the γ. forms) Anglo-Norman parveer (rare), and (with the δ. forms) Middle French, French prévoir (see prevoyance n.). In ε. forms after Middle French pourveoir, pourvoir. In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). In to purvey the Lord (also God) in sight at sense 8b after spec. use of post-classical Latin providere (Vulgate, Psalm 15:8 (Roman Psalter, Gallican Psalter); compare Anglo-Norman purveer (first half of the 12th cent. in a translation of Psalm 15:8: Je purveeie le Segnur el mien esguardement tutes ures ‘I keep the Lord in my sight at all times’)).

†I. To arrange or prepare.

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)]

purveyc1300

propose1340

castc1380

worka1393

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

ordain1487

disponea1500

devisec1500

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.v^v 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. G2^v 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.

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)]

yarec888

yarkc1000

graithc1175

readya1225

biredienc1275

to make yarec1290

forgraitha1300

adightc1330

buskc1330

purveyc1330

agraith1340

disposec1375

before-graithea1382

to forge and filec1381

to make readya1382

devisec1385

bounc1390

buss?a1400

address?a1425

parel?a1425

to get upc1425

providec1425

prepare1449

bakec1450

aready1470

arm?a1505

prevenea1522

get?1530

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

dightc1275

fayc1275

graith1297

attire1330

purveyc1330

shapec1330

apparel1366

harnessc1380

ordaina1387

addressa1393

array1393

pare1393

feata1400

point1449

reparel?c1450

provide1465

fortify1470

emparel1480

appoint1490

deck?15..

equip1523

trim1523

accoutre1533

furnish1548

accommodate1552

fraught1571

suit1572

to furnish up1573

to furnish out1577

rig1579

to set out1585

equipage1590

outreik1591

befit1598

to furnish forth1600

fita1616

to fit up1670

outrig1681

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. cxxxj^v 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. Cxiiij^v/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. a3^v '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.

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

purveyc1300

chevise1340

ministera1382

upholda1417

supply1456

suppeditate1535

perfurnishc1540

previse1543

subminister1576

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.vi^v 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 .

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.

†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.

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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (reflexive)] > equip oneself

purveyc1300

warnisha1400

adub?1473

provide1490

prepare1586

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.ij^v 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.

a. transitive. To provide or supply (a person, place, etc.) with (also †of) something; = provide v. 10. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything

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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. O8^v 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.

†b. transitive. To supply (a person, etc.) with what is necessary; to equip; = provide v. 9. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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. ccv^v 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.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)]

purvey1340

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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 w^tin 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 .

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.

†III. To foresee; to see before; to consider.

a. transitive. To foresee (an event, etc.); = provide v. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	purvey
释义	purveyn. Brit. /ˈpəːveɪ/, U.S. /ˈpərˌveɪ/ Forms: 1500s peruaie, 1500s puruaye, 1500s– purvey, 1600s puruay, 1800s purvas (English regional (Cumberland), plural), 1800s purvay (English regional (Cumberland)). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: purvey v. Etymology: < purvey v. Compare earlier purview n. †1. An arrangement, a provision. Obsolete. rare. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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] victualsa1375 substancec1384 repasta1393 kitchenc1400 tablec1405 stuff1436 acates1465 acatry1522 victualling1532 provision1555 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. ΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 1742 Addingham (Cumberld.) Parish Bk. Collected by the Church Wardens..two Purveys thro the whole Parish 2^l 7^s 0^d. 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. Brit. /pəˈveɪ/, /pəːˈveɪ/, U.S. /pərˈveɪ/ Forms: 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 participle α. 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. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French purveer, porveeir. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman purveer, purveeir, purveier, purveir, porveer, porveier, pourveyer and Old French porveeir, porveoir, purveer, Old French, Middle French pourveoir, Middle French pourvoir (French pourvoir ) to foresee (beginning of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman), to look to (God), to keep (God) in mind (first half of the 12th cent. in Anglo-Norman: see note below), to make arrangements in advance (first half of the 12th cent.), to provide or supply (a person) with (a thing) (c1165, originally used reflexively with reference to providing food; end of the 12th cent. used transitively), to prepare for an event, action, condition, etc., or for the supply of something needed (late 12th cent. in pourveoir a ), to arrange or prepare (a thing) in advance (late 12th cent.), to ponder, consider (a thing), to give thought to (a thing) (early 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman) < classical Latin prōvidēre provide v. Compare Old Occitan provezir (13th cent.), Catalan proveir (13th cent. as †provehir , †proveer ), Spanish proveer (first half of the 13th cent.), Portuguese prover (13th cent. as †prouéér ), Italian provvidere (see provide v.). Compare later previde v.¹, previde v.², provide v.The β. , γ. , and δ. forms apparently show prefix substitution (compare pro- prefix¹, per- prefix, and pre- prefix respectively); compare (with the β. forms) Old French provoer , Middle French proveoir , provoir (second half of the 13th cent. in Old French), (with the γ. forms) Anglo-Norman parveer (rare), and (with the δ. forms) Middle French, French prévoir (see prevoyance n.). In ε. forms after Middle French pourveoir, pourvoir. In Middle English prefixed and unprefixed forms of the past participle are attested (see y- prefix). In to purvey the Lord (also God) in sight at sense 8b after spec. use of post-classical Latin providere (Vulgate, Psalm 15:8 (Roman Psalter, Gallican Psalter); compare Anglo-Norman purveer (first half of the 12th cent. in a translation of Psalm 15:8: Je purveeie le Segnur el mien esguardement tutes ures ‘I keep the Lord in my sight at all times’)). †I. To arrange or prepare. 1. transitive. With infinitive or that-clause as object. To arrange in advance; to prepare; to plan. Cf. provide v. 5. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (intransitive)] purveyc1300 propose1340 castc1380 worka1393 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 ordain1487 disponea1500 devisec1500 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.v^v 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. G2^v 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. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] yarec888 yarkc1000 graithc1175 readya1225 biredienc1275 to make yarec1290 forgraitha1300 adightc1330 buskc1330 purveyc1330 agraith1340 disposec1375 before-graithea1382 to forge and filec1381 to make readya1382 devisec1385 bounc1390 buss?a1400 address?a1425 parel?a1425 to get upc1425 providec1425 prepare1449 bakec1450 aready1470 arm?a1505 prevenea1522 get?1530 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 dightc1275 fayc1275 graith1297 attire1330 purveyc1330 shapec1330 apparel1366 harnessc1380 ordaina1387 addressa1393 array1393 pare1393 feata1400 point1449 reparel?c1450 provide1465 fortify1470 emparel1480 appoint1490 deck?15.. equip1523 trim1523 accoutre1533 furnish1548 accommodate1552 fraught1571 suit1572 to furnish up1573 to furnish out1577 rig1579 to set out1585 equipage1590 outreik1591 befit1598 to furnish forth1600 fita1616 to fit up1670 outrig1681 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. cxxxj^v What vitale was purueyed for this greate enterprise. b. intransitive. Obsolete. ΚΠ ?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. ΘΚΠ 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. Cxiiij^v/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. a3^v '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. 4. To provide or supply (something); = provide v. 6. Frequently with reference to food or other necessities. a. transitive. With to or indirect object. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] affordOE findOE purveyc1300 chevise1340 ministera1382 upholda1417 supply1456 suppeditate1535 perfurnishc1540 previse1543 subminister1576 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.vi^v 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. ΚΠ 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. †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. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (reflexive)] > equip oneself purveyc1300 warnisha1400 adub?1473 provide1490 prepare1586 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.ij^v 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. a. transitive. To provide or supply (a person, place, etc.) with (also †of) something; = provide v. 10. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything feather?c1225 serve?c1225 astore1297 purveya1325 purveyc1325 warnishc1330 supply1384 bego1393 garnish?a1400 stuff14.. instore1432 relievec1480 providec1485 appurvey1487 support?1507 furnishc1515 repair1518 supply1529 speed1531 help (a person) to (also with)1569 sort1598 suffice1600 enduea1616 starta1640 employ1690 find1713 to fix out1725 issue1737 service1969 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. O8^v 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. †b. transitive. To supply (a person, etc.) with what is necessary; to equip; = provide v. 9. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything feather?c1225 serve?c1225 astore1297 purveya1325 purveyc1325 warnishc1330 supply1384 bego1393 garnish?a1400 stuff14.. instore1432 relievec1480 providec1485 appurvey1487 support?1507 furnishc1515 repair1518 supply1529 speed1531 help (a person) to (also with)1569 sort1598 suffice1600 enduea1616 starta1640 employ1690 find1713 to fix out1725 issue1737 service1969 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. ccv^v 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] purvey1340 purchasec1390 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 w^tin 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. †III. To foresee; to see before; to consider. 8. a. transitive. To foresee (an event, etc.); = provide v. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > foresee or foreknow [verb (transitive)] fore-witc888 foreseec1000 foreshowc1000 seea1200 forelook1340 purvey1340 before-knowa1425 providea1450 previdec1475 provisec1475 foreknow1530 expect1595 previse1597 preview1607 precognize1612 prospect1652 fore-viewa1711 prevision1868 presee1890 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.?1516v.c1300
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