name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
purvey
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /pəˈveɪ/
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UK: /pəːˈveɪ/
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US: /pɚˈveɪ/
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rhymes with -eɪ
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CMU ARPABET: P ER0 V EY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
Meaning 3
To furnish or provide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To procure; to get.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
supply with provisions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: provision
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Broader terms: supply, provide, render, furnish
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: (vor)bereiten — obsolete: to prepare in advance
- Polish: przygotowywać — obsolete: to prepare in advance
- Polish: przygotować — obsolete: to prepare in advance
- Spanish: preveer — obsolete: to prepare in advance
- Bulgarian: доставям (dostavjam) — to furnish, provide
- Bulgarian: снабдявам (snabdjavam) — to furnish, provide
- Czech: dodávat — to furnish, provide
- Czech: poskytovat — to furnish, provide
- French: pourvoir — to furnish, provide
- German: besorgen — to furnish, provide
- Macedonian: сна́бди (snábdi) — to furnish, provide
- Macedonian: на́бави (nábavi) — to furnish, provide
- Polish: zaopatrywać — to furnish, provide
- Polish: zaopatrzyć — to furnish, provide
- Russian: снабжать (snabžatʹ) — to furnish, provide
- Spanish: proveer — to furnish, provide