5426. To buy food. That this signifies to appropriate the truth of good, is evident from the signification of "buying," as being to appropriate to themselves (see n. 4397, 5374, 5406, 5410); and from the signification of "food," as being the truth of good (n. 5293, 5340, 5342).
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