Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To furnish or provide.

    besorgen

    снабжатьsnabžatʹ

  2. (transitive)To procure; to get.

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.

    (vor)bereiten

More definitions
  • supply with provisions

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to furnish, provide:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
obsolete: to prepare in advance:
to furnish, provide:

Origin

From Middle English purveyen, from Anglo-Norman purveer, purveir et al., Old French porvee

From Middle English purveyen, from Anglo-Norman purveer, purveir et al., Old French porveeir, porveoir, from Latin prōvidēre (“to provide”). Doublet of provide; compare prudent.

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Forms

purveys, purveying, purveyed, purveyed
Base formpurvey · to purvey
3rd person singularpurveys
Present participlepurveying
Past simplepurveyed
Past participlepurveyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypurvey
he, she, itpurveys

Past simpleLesson

all personspurveyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave purveyed
he, she, ithas purveyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill purvey

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedpurveyorpurviewpurveyance
Deriveddispurveypurveyableunpurveyed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pursuantpursueA2pursuerpursuitB2purviewpuspushA1
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