purvey
verb (used with object)
to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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He was Henry Junge, 75, who in the name of Steinway & Sons has purveyed music to the White House through six administrations.
From Time Magazine Archive
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