purvey
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Is purvey a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of purvey?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.Examples: "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"intransitiveobsolete
2. (transitive) To furnish or provide.Examples: "Giue no ods to your foes, but do puruay / Your selfe of sword before that bloudy day:"; "Those who sell their own products are distinguished from purveyors, who purvey what others produce."transitive
3. (transitive) To procure; to get.Examples: "I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary