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.
Pur*vey"ance (?), n. [Cf. F. pourvoyance.] 1. The act or process of
providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
Chaucer.
The ill purveyance of his page.
Spenser.