单词 | purveying |
释义 | purveyingn.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] yarkingc1000 forgraithinga1300 apparellingc1315 ordinancec1330 purveyancec1330 graithinga1340 purveying1340 providencea1382 making readyc1384 preparationa1393 paring1393 provisiona1398 parelc1425 apparelc1430 parelling?a1440 ablingc1450 munition1480 preparing1497 arraya1500 readyinga1500 repurveancea1500 ordaining1509 apparation1533 preparementa1538 apprest1539 preparaturea1540 preparance1543 order1545 apparance1546 prepare1548 fore-preparationa1586 ettlingc1600 apparelment1607 parationa1617 comparation1623 address1633 apparatus1638 prep1920 the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying > providing beforehand purveyancec1300 purveying1340 provisiona1398 providence?a1475 repurveancea1500 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 124 (MED) Sleȝþe: hit wereþ wyþ þet yeast be porueynge [c1450 Bk. Vices & Virtues bi good purueiaunce] aye þe perils. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 8170 Than he lete make purveing..Into Ynde to take werre on hond. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 27 That which others have tak'n so strictly, and so unalterably into their own pourveying. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [noun] purveyancec1300 forelook1357 providencea1382 purveyinga1382 provisiona1398 advice?a1439 prospiciencea1500 fore-wit?1504 forecasta1542 providency1602 forethoughtfulness1647 prospection1659 forethought1719 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > divine providence the ways of GodeOE providencea1382 purveyinga1382 purveyancec1385 (God's, divine) foresighta1400 prudencec1425 proviancec1460 provisionc1460 pronoia1874 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Prov. x. 23 Wisdam, forsoþe, is to a man purueynge [v.r. purueing; a1425 L.V. prudence; L. prudentia]. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 986 Yf ther myghte ben a variaunce To writhen out fro Goddis purveyinge [v.r. puruynge]. 3. The provision of supplies or commodities; = purveyance n. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > action of providing or supplying usea1382 purveyancea1387 administration?a1425 application?a1425 ministration?a1425 purveying1442 findingc1449 administering1468 liveryc1475 storing1494 furnishing1496 nourishinga1530 ministering1530 conference1545 applial1548 affording1574 supplying1586 supplyment1589 accommodation1612 suppeditation1612 furniturea1649 supplial1738 purveyal1877 the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > by (public) authority > for public service purveyance1423 purveying1442 imprest1610 impressure1680 impressment1796 requisitionc1806 press1855 commandeering1894 1442 in A. H. Thompson Visitations Relig. Houses Diocese Lincoln (1927) III. 230 Thai entende so bysyly about purveying and dyghtyng of thair vytayle. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 115 (MED) Þese vij ȝiftis of god..in as moche as þei ben getun bi oure laboure, rennyng with þe worching and purveiyng of god, þei ben callid oure vertues. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Purueyghinge of corne or grayne, frumentatio. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Lignation, a hewing or purueying of wood. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 229 The Clergy are charged with Quarter, Cart-service, and purveying. 1717 W. Sutherland Britain's Glory: Ship-building Unvail'd 125 This I say ought to be another material Consideration, what Judgement is requisite in Purveying and Receiving of Timber. 1776 G. E. Howard Treat. Exchequer & Revenue Ireland I. iv. 39 The chieftains..should from the date of the said indenture be exonerated for ever from all cesses, exactions, cuttings, impositions, purveying, [etc.]. 1854 C. M. Yonge Cameos xxxi, in Monthly Packet Nov. 335 His own household had neither wages, clothes, nor food, except what they obtained by purveying, in their case only a license to rob. 1911 Times 18 May 7/1 There is no reason to expect that the Coronation will present special difficulties in the purveying of fruit and vegetables. 1985 A. S. Byatt Still Life vi. 82 Alexander, who took refuge from awkwardness in the purveying of information, told Frederica about other Mediterranean goddesses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). purveyingadj.ΚΠ a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 99 (MED) And Sortely to Say his condicionys and his maneres, he was man fre and meke, queynt and Purueyynge [v.r. purueynge]. 2. That purveys or supplies; that is concerned with or responsible for the provision of supplies, funds, etc.Now chiefly as the second element in compounds. ΚΠ 1764 D. Monro Acct. Dis. Brit. Mil. Hosp. xxvii. 395 The directing and purveying Branches [of a hospital] ought never to be entrusted to the same Person. 1789 B. Rush Med. Inq. & Observ. I. xvi. 183 Inconveniencies and abuses..usually follow the union of the purveying and directing departments of hospitals in the same persons. 1855 Times 20 Jan. 9/2 The Government at home must know the state of the purveying department. 1945 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 17 Apr. 6/3 The purveying committee is arranging some special refreshments. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 6 Apr. 14 Vice-chairman of a big meat-purveying company in New York. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340adj.a1500 |
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