different between purvey vs purveyance

English

Alternative forms

• puruey (alternative typography, 14th-15th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English purveyen, from Anglo-Norman purveer, purveir et al., Old French porveeir, porveoir, from Latin pr?vid?re (“to provide”). Compare provide, a doublet.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??ve?/, /p???ve?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??ve?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Verb

purvey (third-person singular simple present purveys, present participle purveying, simple past and past participle purveyed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.
2. (transitive) To furnish or provide.
   • 2005, Lesley Brown, trans. Plato, Sophist, 223d:

     Those who sell their own products are distinguished from purveyors, who purvey what others produce.

3. (transitive) To procure; to get.

Related terms

• purveyor
• purview

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• pourveyance (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English purveiaunce et al., from Anglo-Norman purveaunce.

Noun

purveyance (countable and uncountable, plural purveyances)

1. The act of purveying.
2. (Britain, historical) The prerogative of the Crown to static separation of duty with goods and services for royal use.

Derived terms

• dispurveyance
• purveyancing

See also

• purveyance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia