| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pur·vey |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p r-v  , pûrv |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: pur·veyed, pur·vey·ing, pur·veys
1. To supply (food, for example); furnish. 2. To advertise or circulate. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English purveien, from Anglo-Norman purveier, from Latin pr vid re. See provide. | | OTHER FORMS: | pur·veyance —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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