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Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.

Provedore :: Provedore (n.) A proveditor; a purveyor.

Purveiaunce :: Purveiaunce (n.) Purveyance.

Proveditor :: Proveditor (n.) One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another..

Cater :: Cater (n.) A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

Pourveyance :: Pourveyance (n.) See Purveyance.

Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.

Foregoer :: Foregoer (n.) A purveyor of the king; -- so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household..

Provisor :: Provisor (n.) The purveyor, steward, or treasurer of a religious house..

Purvey :: Purvey (v. i.) To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.

Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished..

Provisor :: Provisor (n.) One who provides; a purveyor.

Manciple :: Manciple (n.) A steward; a purveyor, particularly of a college or Inn of Court..

Purveyed :: Purveyed (imp. & p. p.) of Purve.

Dispurvey :: Dispurvey (v. t.) To disfurnish; to strip.

Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) That which is provided; provisions; food.

Purvey :: Purvey (v. t.) To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like..

Purvey :: Purvey (v. i.) To pander; -- with to.

Purveyor :: Purveyor (n.) One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer..

Dispurveyance :: Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.

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