purvey
verb (used with object)
to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
purveyed
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past participleof purvey.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof purvey.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
purveyverb (used with object)to provide, furnish, or supply (especially food or provisions) usually as a business or service.
Example Sentences
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Recognizability was never an issue for a clutch of business leaders who died this year, at least in terms of the products they purveyed.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
That’s the image purveyed by “Unprecedented,” Alex Holder’s three-hour documentary that premiered on Discovery Plus on Sunday.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2022
That’s because unalloyed optimism, which is what’s generally purveyed by corporate executives, is unhealthy for capitalism, just as living on a diet exclusively of Twinkies would be for you or me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
“It should not be construed as an endorsement of the ideas or narrative purveyed, nor of the personal conduct of the author.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2021
We were at the Umbagog chain of lakes, and while it rained the damster had purveyed us a boat and crew.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 by Various
