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  • English Word Purtenance Definition That which pertains or belongs to something; esp., the heard, liver, and lungs of an animal.
  • English Word Purulency Definition The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself.
  • English Word Purulent Definition Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
  • English Word Purulently Definition In a purulent manner.
  • English Word Purveance Definition Alt. of Purveiaunce
  • English Word Purveiaunce Definition Purveyance.
  • English Word Purverable Definition Capable of being reduced to fine powder.
  • English Word Purvey Definition To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.
  • English Word Purvey Definition To procure; to get.
  • English Word Purvey Definition To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
  • English Word Purvey Definition To pander; -- with to.
  • English Word Purveyance Definition The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
  • English Word Purveyance Definition That which is provided; provisions; food.
  • English Word Purveyance Definition 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.
  • English Word Purveyed Definition of Purvey
  • English Word Purveying Definition of Purvey
  • English Word Purveyor Definition One who provides victuals, or whose business is to make provision for the table; a victualer; a caterer.
  • English Word Purveyor Definition An officer who formerly provided, or exacted provision, for the king's household.
  • English Word Purveyor Definition a procurer; a pimp; a bawd.
  • English Word Purview Definition The body of a statute, or that part which begins with " Be it enacted, " as distinguished from the preamble.
  • English Word Purview Definition The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions.
  • English Word Purview Definition Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent.
  • English Word Pus Definition The yellowish white opaque creamy matter produced by the process of suppuration. It consists of innumerable white nucleated cells floating in a clear liquid.
  • English Word Pusane Definition A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or reenforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane.
  • English Word Puseyism Definition The principles of Dr. Pusey and others at Oxford, England, as exhibited in various publications, esp. in a series which appeared from 1833 to 1841, designated " Tracts for the Times;" tractarianism. See Tractarianism.
  • English Word Puseyistic Definition Alt. of Puseyite
  • English Word Puseyite Definition Of or pertaining to Puseyism.
  • English Word Puseyite Definition One who holds the principles of Puseyism; -- often used opprobriously.
  • English Word Push Definition A pustule; a pimple.
  • English Word Push Definition To press against with force; to drive or impel by pressure; to endeavor to drive by steady pressure, without striking; -- opposed to draw.