PURVEY Definition & Meaning

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[ per-vey ]

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verb (used with object)

to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.

purvey

verb

to sell or provide (commodities, esp foodstuffs) on a large scale
to publish or make available (lies, scandal, etc)

noun

the food and drink laid on at a wedding reception, etc

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of purvey¹

1250–1300; Middle English purveien < Anglo-French purveier < Latin ��ō��ŧ�� to foresee, provide for. See provide

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of purvey¹

C13: from Old French porveeir, from Latin ��ō��ŧ�� to provide

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“The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders.”

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That underscores the fakery purveyed by Trump and Vance about the purported virtues of tariffs.

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This is the progress placed at risk by the torrent of anti-vaccine propaganda purveyed by RFK Jr.’s organization and other vaccination opponents.

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Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders.

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This is not the first time that Musk has purveyed antisemitism on X. In September, he accused the Anti-Defamation League of destroying much of the value of X by pressuring advertisers to abandon the platform.

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