Associations to the word «Purview»

Wiktionary

PURVIEW, noun. (legal) The enacting part of a statute.
PURVIEW, noun. (legal) The scope of a statute.
PURVIEW, noun. Scope or range of interest or control.
PURVIEW, noun. Range of understanding.

Dictionary definition

PURVIEW, noun. The range of interest or activity that can be anticipated; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca