17 April 2017
purvey
[per-vey]
verb (used with object)
1. to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
Origin of purvey
Latin Middle English Anglo-French
1250-1300Middle English purveien < Anglo-French purveier < Latin prōvidēre to foresee, provide for. See provide
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Examples from the Web for purvey
Historical Examples
So this feast was ended, and the Constable, by the advice of Anglides, let purvey that Alisander was well horsed and harnessed.
Le Morte D’Arthur, Volume II (of II)
Thomas Malory
Garland, will you purvey another psychic and conduct the pursuit?
The Shadow World
Hamlin Garland
Their rest they had given over for toil, that they might purvey the guests good cheer.
The Nibelungenlied
Unknown
In the vile companions who purvey to his baser appetites he finds no charm.
Revolution and Other Essays
Jack London
Now, why should not the Commissariat purvey the Hospital with food?
The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2
Edward Tyas Cook
This he could not purvey, nor was his business management a success.
The Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, Vol. IV
Various
As night drew on, the others came trooping in, ready to do justice to anything eatable the chef could purvey.
Trusia
Davis Brinton
The cellaress had to purvey 22 “gud oxen” by the year for the convent.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535
Eileen Edna Power
From Rousseau’s “Confessions,” we have not room to purvey further.
Classic French Course in English
William Cleaver Wilkinson
The next matter was to purvey me three horses of the fleetest.
A Monk of Fife
Andrew Lang
Today’s quote
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– Bob Marley
On this day
17 April 1521 – Martin Luther appears before the Diet of Worms to be questioned by representatives the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, over the alleged possession of heretical books. (Worms is a town in Germany and Diet is a formal assembly).
17 April 1961 – the U.S. government sponsor 1,500 Cuban exiles to invade the Bay of Pigs, Cuba in an effort to overthrow the socialist government of Fidel Castro. The attacks fails, resulting in the deaths or capture of all of the exiles.
17 April 1967 – the final episode of the sit-com, Gilligan’s Island, airs in the United States. The first episode aired on 26 September 1964. It told the story of four men and three women on board the S.S. Minnow are ship-wrecked on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean following a storm. Stranded are the ship’s mate, Gilligan and the ship’s skipper, a millionaire and his wife (the Howells), a sultry movie star (Ginger Grant), a professor and farm girl (Mary-Anne Summers).
17 April 1969 – Sirhan Sirhan convicted of 1968 assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He was originally given a death sentence, which was later commuted to life imprisonment. Robert Kennedy was the brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
17 April 2010 – A Manhattan library reveals that first President George Washington failed to return two library books, accruing overdue fees of $300,000. The library said they weren’t pursuing payment of the fees.