English to English Dictionary -purveyor

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Dispurvey :: Dispurvey (v. t.) To disfurnish; to strip.

Dispurveyance :: Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.

Purvey :: Purvey (v. t.) To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like..

Purvey :: Purvey (v. t.) To procure; to get.

Purvey :: Purvey (v. i.) To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.

Purvey :: Purvey (v. i.) To pander; -- with to.

Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.

Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) That which is provided; provisions; food.

Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished..

Purveyed :: Purveyed (imp. & p. p.) of Purve.

Purveying :: Purveying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Purve.

Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer..

Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household..

Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.