\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.

\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.