PURVEY


Meaning of PURVEY in English

■ verb formal provide or supply (food, drink, or other goods) as one's business.

Derivatives

~or noun

Origin

ME (also in the senses 'foresee, attend to in advance'): from Anglo-Norman Fr. purveier , from L. providere (see provide ).

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