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Definition of Purveyed
1. purvey [v] - See also: purvey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purveyed
Literary usage of Purveyed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Paston letters, A.D. 1422-1509 by James Gairdner (1904)
"For God's love, let it be remembered and purveyed in haste. There hath been much
more spent in waste than should have made that. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1851)
"... of the people shuld lose theyr othre neds or theyr plees hit is purveyed, ...
and yen at the the last goo forth in bis plee, hit is purveyed that if the ..."
3. Legacy in Light: Photographic Treasures from Philadelphia Area Public (1990)
"There, Long purveyed oysters, cigars, bar gin, bagatelle and musical entertainment
from 1859 until 1866 (and periodically thereafter, as the tax collectors ..."
4. The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer: with an introduction by Thomas R by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1900)
"For al-though that, for thing shal come, y-wis, Therfore is it purveyed, ...
That thing to come be purveyed, Or elles, thinges that purveyed be, ..."
5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"For although that forthin» shall come ¡«к Therefore is it purveyed ... That thing
to come bo purveyed truly, Or else thinges that purveyed l)r, ..."
6. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"For although that forthing shall come i«i« Therefore is it purveyed ... That thing
to come be purveyed truly, Or else thinges that purveyed lie ..."
7. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain Court of Chancery, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, William Henry Stevenson (1908)
"The like to the sheriff of Bedford and Buckingham for sixty pieces of the same
cloth to be bought and purveyed in the town of Wycombe and elsewhere. ..."
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