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_purum_.

+Purchacen+, _v._ to acquire, purchase, PP; +purchasen+, C3.--AF.

_purchacer_, to pursue, to acquire; OF. _porchacier_.

+Purchas+, _sb._ gain, winnings, C, G; +porchas+, S2.--AF. _purchas_.

+Purchasour+, _sb._ prosecutor, C.--AF. _purechasour_.

+Purchasyng+, _sb._ prosecution, C.

+Purfil+, _sb._ the furred tr.i.m.m.i.n.g of a dress, P; +purfyle+, P; +purfle+, a hem, Manip.

+Purfilen+, _v._ to embroider on an edge, to purl, C, P; +purfle+, Cotg.--OF. _pourfiler_, from _filer_, to twist threads, from _fil_, thread; Lat. _filum_.

+Purpre+, _sb._ purple garments, S, PP; +purpire+, H (44. 11); +purpour+, _adj._, S3; +purpur+, W; +purpres+, _pl._, purple coverings, S.--AF. _purpre_; Lat. _purpura_.

+Purpurat+, _adj._ of a purple colour, S3.--Lat. _purpuratus_, clad in purple.

+Purpuresse+, _sb._ a seller of purple (= _purpuraria_), W.

+Purse+, _sb._ purse, bag, PP, S, C3; +purs+, PP, C2, C; +porse+, PP; +pors+, S2.--AS. _purs_ (Engl. Studien, xi. 65, 1.36); Late Lat.

_bursa_; Gr. ??s?, a skin.

+Purtenaunce+, _sb._ appurtenance, belongings, PP; +purtenance+, the intestines of an animal, WW; +portenaunce+, Palsg.; +purtenancis+, _pl._, S3.--OF. _appartenance_ (Cotg.).

+Purtreied+, _pp._ pourtrayed, S3; see +Portrey+.

+Purveour+, _sb._ purveyor, PP, SkD.--AF. _purveour_.

+Purveyaunce+, _sb._ providence, provision, plan, means of getting, equipment, W; +purveiance+, S2, C3; +purueance+, S2.--AF. _purveaunce_, OF. _porveance_; Lat. _providentia_.

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+Purueyen+, _v._ to provide, W2, C2, PP; +puruay+, S2, H; +poruayen+, H; +porueynde+, _pr. p._, S2; +purueid+, _pp._, S3; +pourveid+, S2; +porueid+, S2.--AF. _purveier_, _purveer_, for OF. _porveoir_; Lat.

_prouidere_.

+Pueren+, _v._ to poke about, S (9. 96).

+Putten+, _v._ to put, push, PP, W; +puten+, S; +puiten+, PP; +puttide+, _pt. s._, S2; +potte+, S2; +pot+, _pl._, S2; +putten to+, added, a.s.sented, W; +put+, _pp._, H; +y-put+, C3; +i-put+, G.

+Puttynge+, _sb._ pus.h.i.+ng, instigation, H.

+Puyssant+, _adj._ powerful, SkD; +puissant+, S3.--OF. _puissant_, _poissant_; Late Lat. *_pocsentem_, *_possentem_ (cp. It. _possente_), from Lat. _posse_, to be able; see Constans (Notes, p. 23).

+Puyssaunce+, _sb._ might, power, HD; +puysaunce+, S3; +piscence+, S3.--OF. _puissance_, _poissance_.

+Pykare+, _sb._ a little thief, Prompt.; +pykers+, _pl._, PP.

+Pyke+, _sb._ a pike, pointed pole, staff furnished with a spike, Prompt.; +pyk+, S2; +pykis+, _pl._, thorns, p.r.i.c.kles, S3. _Comb._: +pyk-staf+, pike-staff, PP.

+Pyken+, _v._ to pick, to steal, PP, Prompt.; +picke+, WW; +pykkand+, _pr. p._, S3; +pikid+, _pt. s._, PP. _Comb._: +pyke-herneis+, plunderers of armour, PP; +pyke-hernois+, PP; +pyke-porse+, one who steals a purse, PP; +picke-purse+, S3; +pick-purse+, a name for Paris, S3 (p. 374); +pike-purs+, C. Cf. +Picchen+.