Defn: The quality or state of being purulent; the generation of pus; also, the pus itself. Arbuthnot.
PURULENT
Pu"ru*lent, a. Etym: [L. purulentus, fr. pus, puris, pus, matter: cf.
F. purulent. See Pus.] (Med.)
Defn: Consisting of pus, or matter; partaking of the nature of pus; attended with suppuration; as, purulent inflammation.
PURULENTLY
Pu"ru*lent*ly, v.
Defn: In a purulent manner.
PURVEANCE; PURVEIAUNCE
Pur"ve*ance, Pur"vei*aunce`, n.
Defn: Purveyance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PURVEY
Pur*vey", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purveyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Purveying.]
Etym: [OE. purveien, porveien, OF. porveeir, porveoir, F. pourvoir,
fr. L. providere. See Provide, and cf. Purview.]
1. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like. Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day. Spenser.
2. To procure; to get. I mean to purvey me a wife after the fashion of the children of Benjamin. Sir W. Scot.