vt. 供给, 供应

vi. 供给, 供应

[ verb ]
supply with provisions
<verb.possession> provision

Purvey \Pur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purveyed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Purveying}.] [OE. purveien, porveien, OF. porveeir,
porveoir, F. pourvoir, fr. L. providere. See {Provide}, and
cf. {Purview}.]
1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions,
or the like.

Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey
Yourself of sword before that bloody day. --Spenser.

2. To procure; to get.

I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the
children of Benjamin. --Sir W. Scot.


Purvey \Pur*vey"\, v. i.
1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
--Chaucer. Milton.

2. To pander; -- with to. `` Their turpitude purveys to their
malice.'' [R.] --Burke.