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purvey

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pur·vey /pɜːˈveɪ $ pɜːr-/ verb [transitive]  formalPROVIDE to supply goods, services, information etc to people 提供,供应〔货物、服务、信息等〕 DJ Dominic purveys a unique brand of music. 音乐节目主持人多米尼克播放一种独特的音乐。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
purveyWe come at last to be the lies that we purvey.People fake expertise about it, use it to purvey fakery and may even fake their own identities.A judge and landlord, he throve on amateur metaphysics and early anthropology, purveying monkey theories almost a century ahead of Darwin.The hardest part of pageant preparation is not the purveying of personal grooming products.
Origin purvey (1100-1200) Old French porveeir, from Latin providere; → PROVIDE
pur·vey verbChineseSyllable
to goods, services, etc supply to information Corpus


purvey
purvey /pɜːˈveɪ $ pɜːr-/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1100-1200
 Language: Old French
 Origin: porveeir, from Latin providere; provide
formal to supply goods, services, information etc to people:
    DJ Dominic purveys a unique brand of music.


pur·veyBrE /pəˈveɪ/ 🔊NAmE /pərˈveɪ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they purvey BrE /pəˈveɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈveɪ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it purveys BrE /pəˈveɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈveɪz/ 🔊past simple purveyed BrE /pəˈveɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈveɪd/ 🔊past participle purveyed BrE /pəˈveɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈveɪd/ 🔊 -ing form purveying BrE /pəˈveɪɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /pərˈveɪɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (formal) to supply food, services or information to people 提供,供应(食物、服务或信息)