purvey
verb (used with object)
to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
is purveying
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present progressiveof purvey (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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His business is purveying, to the very rich, old masters, antique statuary, tapestries and furniture.
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