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Definition of Purveys
1. purvey [v] - See also: purvey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Purveys
Literary usage of Purveys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Whence, mounting up, they find purveyance meet Of all that princes royal court
became. Id. The purveys or victuallers are much to be condemned, ..."
2. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1885)
"... or gratification, asking for sustenance in return': (2) as ' that branch of
mental commerce which purveys from city to city discourses and lessons about ..."
3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1778)
"... two purveys when zio I. was railed, a:id fo on. In the year 1665, ... it is
called one purvey ; wh:re 200 I. two purveys ; and fo on ; and the fame was ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1778)
"Thirty-feven purveys and an half nearly make up one ¡and tax, when the land-tax
is at 4«. ia the poun.d. Flem. ..."
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