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  † 1.  Of persons: Unprovided, unfurnished, unsupplied (with something): a. Const. of.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 5444. ‘Now leue sun ioseph,’ he said, ‘O þe es [= am] i noght vnpuruaid.’

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c. 1375.  Lay Folks Mass Bk., 424 (Royal MS). If þou of ane be vn-puruayde.

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1471.  Paston Lett., III. 4. It is soo that my brother is on purveyed off monye.

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a. 1548.  Hall, Chron., Edw. IV., 197. You may thinke that kyng Edward was not … so vnpurueyed of counsail, to forsake thys beneficiall alliaunce.

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1596.  Spenser, F. Q., VII. vi. 14. All the heauenly crew Of happy wights, now vnpurvaide of light, Were much afraid.

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  † b.  Without const. Also = not provided for.

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1491.  Caxton, Vitas Patr. (W. de W., 1495), I. cxlii. 153 b/1. That yf I wexed an almes gyuer, god sholde neuer leue me unpurueyed.

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a. 1500.  Assemb. Ladies, 382. Than we began to dresse us in our gyse, That folk shuld see we were nat unpurvayd.

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1509.  Barclay, Shyp of Folys, 50. For one small faute … out is he cast bare and vnpuruayde.

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c. 1530.  Court of Love, 561. And ye that ben unpurveyed, praye her eke Comfort you soon.

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  † 2.  Unprepared; not in readiness (to resist attack, etc.). Obs.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), VII. 111. In þe nyȝt … Englische men … disperbled and chased þe enemyes unpurveied.

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c. 1425.  Orolog. Sapient., v., in Anglia, X. 359/7. Take me not so vnpurveyed fro þis liȝte of life.

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a. 1450.  Knt. de la Tour (1906), 146. The .v. maidenes that were folys, that slepte and were vnpurueyed.

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a. 1548.  Hall, Chron., Hen. VII., 32. It was forsene that the kyng nor his people should be taken vnpuruyed.

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1586.  A. Day, Eng. Secretorie, II. 114. It seemeth a matter incident to his accompt … that … he be not vnpurueyed in his owne person.

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  † 3.  Unforeseen; unexpected(ly). Obs.

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c. 1374.  Chaucer, Boeth., II. pr. i. (1868), 30. Til þat she confounde wiþ vnsuffreable sorwe hem þat she haþ left in despeir vnpurueyed [L. insperata].

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c. 1425.  Wyntoun, Cron., II. xvi. 1531. He slew of þaim a gret party As he come on vnpurva’d, Vnwarnyst wer þai.

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1456.  Sir G. Hay, Gov. Princes, Wks. (S.T.S.), II. 112. Rycht sa of ane unkynde ȝere … men may better purvay na it war unknawin na unpurvayde of before.

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1483.  Caxton, Gold. Leg., 359 b/2. As they fled they … mette the holy body sodenly unpourueyed.

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  4.  Of things: Not furnished beforehand.

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a. 1548.  Hall, Chron., Edw. IV., 243. He … left nothyng apperteignyng to the warre, vnpurueyed or vnlooked for.

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