purvey

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pəˈveɪ/|/pəːˈveɪ/    美 /pɚˈveɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision. intransitive,obsolete
    — A sayd the kynge / syn ye knowe of your aduenture puruey for hit / and put awey by your craftes that mysauenture / Nay said Merlyn it wylle not be / soo he departed from the kynge
  2. To furnish or provide. transitive
    — Giue no ods to your foes, but do puruay / Your selfe of sword before that bloudy day:
  3. To procure; to get. transitive
    — I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin.

词形变化

purveys present,singular,third-person purveying participle,present purveyed participle,past purveyed past puruey alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
dispurvey purveyable unpurveyed
相关词
purveyor purview

词源

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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