purvey
verb (used with object)
to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
have purveyed
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present perfectof purvey.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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Breezeblocks is the sort of idiosyncratic indie we'd imagine bands we've never heard such as Swell Maps or Arab Strap would have purveyed, affirming that there are quixotic imaginations at work here.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2012
It has received many memorable guests, and its host is said to have purveyed for the last Henry that we have spoken of.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by William Holden Hutton
