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purvey

[ per-vey ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.


purvey

verb

  1. to sell or provide (commodities, esp foodstuffs) on a large scale
  2. to publish or make available (lies, scandal, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the food and drink laid on at a wedding reception, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of purvey1

1250–1300; Middle English purveien < Anglo-French purveier < Latin ±è°ùű¹¾±»åŧ°ù±ð to foresee, provide for. See provide
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of purvey1

C13: from Old French porveeir, from Latin ±è°ùű¹¾±»åŧ°ù±ð to provide
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“The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders.â€

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That underscores the fakery purveyed by Trump and Vance about the purported virtues of tariffs.

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This is the progress placed at risk by the torrent of anti-vaccine propaganda purveyed by RFK Jr.’s organization and other vaccination opponents.

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Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders.

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This is not the first time that Musk has purveyed antisemitism on X. In September, he accused the Anti-Defamation League of destroying much of the value of X by pressuring advertisers to abandon the platform.

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