provision
noun
a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
were provisioning
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past progressiveof provision.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The reader may remember the incident I related as occurring at the time we were provisioning the gig; the discovery that the boiled rice had fermented and the hasty substitution of the dessicated potatoes.
From The Last Cruise of the Saginaw by George H. Read
"Stand by there, you men!" shouted Kapitan von Riesser, observing that the crew of the collier were provisioning and swinging out their boats.
From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
