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p-uh-VAY/pəˈveɪ/

To purvey is to supply goods, services, or information, especially as a regular trade: purvey a last-bus time, purvey copy. Supply (already in the dictionary) is everyday; prospectus talk is not a published time.

Meaning

To supply goods, services, or information, especially regularly (from supply, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “Prospectus copy does not purvey a last-bus time; publish the time.”
• “Supply is already in this course. Provide is already in this course. A prospectus is branding. A last-service time is a file. Publish the time; then keep the skyline if the bus still runs.”

Good to know

Supply, especially as a trade. Everyday: supply (already in the dictionary). Prospectus copy ≠ a last bus.

Near in meaning

supply, provide, furnish

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