Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Purvey \Pur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purveyed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Purveying}.] [OE. purveien, porveien, OF. porveeir,
   porveoir, F. pourvoir, fr. L. providere. See {Provide}, and
   cf. {Purview}.]
   1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions,
      or the like.

            Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of
            sword before that bloody day.         --Spenser.

   2. To procure; to get.

            I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the
            children of Benjamin.                 --Sir W. Scot.

Purvey \Pur*vey"\, v. i.
   1. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
      --Chaucer. Milton.

   2. To pander; -- with to. `` Their turpitude purveys to their
      malice.'' [R.] --Burke.

Source : WordNet®

purvey
     v : supply with provisions [syn: {provision}]