purvey

[ per-vey ]

verb (used with object)

1. to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.

purvey

verb

1. to sell or provide (commodities, esp foodstuffs) on a large scale
2. to publish or make available (lies, scandal, etc)

noun

1. the food and drink laid on at a wedding reception, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of purvey¹

1250–1300; Middle English purveien < Anglo-French purveier < Latin prōvidēre to foresee, provide for. See provide

Word History and Origins

Origin of purvey¹

C13: from Old French porveeir, from Latin prōvidēre to provide

Example Sentences

That underscores the fakery purveyed by Trump and Vance about the purported virtues of tariffs.

From Los Angeles Times

This is the progress placed at risk by the torrent of anti-vaccine propaganda purveyed by RFK Jr.’s organization and other vaccination opponents.

From Los Angeles Times

Educators and public librarians who purvey it should be classed as registered sex offenders.

From Salon

This is not the first time that Musk has purveyed antisemitism on X. In September, he accused the Anti-Defamation League of destroying much of the value of X by pressuring advertisers to abandon the platform.

From Los Angeles Times

None of this evidence necessarily matters, however, when the prevailing narrative in American political culture — particularly among Republican officials, right-wing pundits and much of the public — is that the media is purveying biased "fake news."

From Salon

Related Words

• vend