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单词 purveyant
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purveyantadj.

Forms: late Middle English purueyant, late Middle English purueyaunt, late Middle English purveyaunt.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French purveant.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman purveant foresighted, careful, provident (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier; compare Middle French, French †pourvoyant (late 12th cent. in Old French as porveant )), use as adjective of present participle of purveer , purveier , etc. purvey v. Compare purveying adj. 1 and earlier provident adj.
Obsolete. rare.
Foresighted, provident.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective]
purveyable?a1425
pensivec1425
providenta1450
provide?a1475
purveyanta1500
prospective1581
prospecting1602
provisional1603
providentiala1646
provisionary1647
prospicient1654
provisive1677
forethoughtful1809
far-seeing1837
provisory1843
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 138 (MED) He sholde be Purveyaunt and Pensyfe of thynges that may come aftyrwarde.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 116 (MED) He þat hauys a meene voyce, noþer ouer greet, ne ouer small, ys wys, purueyant, sothfast, and rightwys.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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