convoy
verb (used with object)
to accompany or escort, usually for protection.
has convoyed
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present perfectof convoy (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The Sheykh of the Abab’deh has promised to join us if he can, when he has convoyed some 400 Bashibazouks up to Wady Halfa, who are being sent up because the English are in Abyssinia.
From Letters from Egypt by Ross, Janet
