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purvey
[per-vey]
verb (used with object)
to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
purvey
verb
to sell or provide (commodities, esp foodstuffs) on a large scale
to publish or make available (lies, scandal, etc)
noun
the food and drink laid on at a wedding reception, etc
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of purvey1
Example Sentences
He’s always taken an opposing approach from Maron, purveying raunch instead of raw honesty, channeling swagger, shock and dismissiveness as opposed to connection and intimacy.
“The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned. Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders.”
That underscores the fakery purveyed by Trump and Vance about the purported virtues of tariffs.
This is the progress placed at risk by the torrent of anti-vaccine propaganda purveyed by RFK Jr.’s organization and other vaccination opponents.
Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders.
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