Purvey
51ca|ter — ca|ter1 «KAY tuhr», intransitive verb. 1. to provide food and supplies, and sometimes service: »He runs a restaurant and also caters for weddings and parties. SYNONYM(S): purvey. 2. Figurative. to provide what is needed or wanted: »The Children s …
52pro|vide — «pruh VYD», verb, vid|ed, vid|ing. –v.t. 1. to supply; furnish: »Sheep provide us with wool. The garden provides vegetables for the family. 2. to arrange in advance; state as a condition beforehand: »Our club s rules provide that dues m …
53pur|vey — «puhr VAY», transitive verb, intransitive verb. to supply (food or provisions); provide; furnish: »to purvey meat for an army, to purvey for a royal household. ╂[< Anglo French porveier, or purveier < Latin prōvidēre. See etym. of doublet… …
54Dispurvey — Dis pur*vey , v. t. [Pref. dis + purvey: cf. OF. desporveoir, F. d[ e]pourvoir.] To disfurnish; to strip. [Obs.] Heywood. [1913 Webster] …
55Provide — Pro*vide , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Providing}.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See {Vision}, and cf. {Prudent}, {Purvey}.] 1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or… …
56Provided — Provide Pro*vide , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Providing}.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See {Vision}, and cf. {Prudent}, {Purvey}.] 1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get,… …
57Providing — Provide Pro*vide , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Provided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Providing}.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See {Vision}, and cf. {Prudent}, {Purvey}.] 1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get,… …
58Purveyor — Pur*vey or, n. [OE. porveour, OF. pourveor, F. pourvoyeur. See {Purvey}, and cf. {Proveditor}.] 1. One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer. [1913 Webster] 2. An officer who formerly… …
59Purview — Pur view, n. [OF. purveu, pourveu, F. pourvu, provided, p. p. of OF. porveoir, F. pourvoir. See {Purvey}, {View}, and cf. {Proviso}.] 1. (a) (Law) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with Be it enacted, as distinguished from the… …
60Nasreddin — For other uses, see Nasreddin (disambiguation). A 17th century miniature of Nasreddin, currently in the Topkapi Palace Museum Library. Nasreddin (Persian: خواجه نصرالدین Arabic …
