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purveypur‧vey /pɜːˈveɪ $ pɜːr-/ verb [transitive] purveyOrigin: 1100-1200 Old French porveeir, from Latin providere; ➔ PROVIDE VERB TABLEpurvey |
Present | I, you, we, they | purvey | | he, she, it | purveys | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | purveyed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have purveyed | | he, she, it | has purveyed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had purveyed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will purvey | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have purveyed |
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Present | I | am purveying | | he, she, it | is purveying | | you, we, they | are purveying | Past | I, he, she, it | was purveying | | you, we, they | were purveying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been purveying | | he, she, it | has been purveying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been purveying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be purveying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been purveying |
- A judge and landlord, he throve on amateur metaphysics and early anthropology, purveying monkey theories almost a century ahead of Darwin.
- People fake expertise about it, use it to purvey fakery and may even fake their own identities.
- The hardest part of pageant preparation is not the purveying of personal grooming products.
- We come at last to be the lies that we purvey.
formal to supply goods, services, information etc to people: DJ Dominic purveys a unique brand of music. |