provant
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provant
adjective more provant · most provant
- Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality, i.e. inferior. a poor provant rapier
noun
- provisions; food His manner is to put three or foure ſtones into a ſpoone, and ſo putting them into his mouth together, ſvvallovvs them all dovvn one after another; […] [H]aving the advantage of this ſtrange vvay of alimony, he ſold his allovvance of provant at great rates; […]
verb provants · provanting · provanted
- To supply with provisions; to provide for. ...should not only supply her inhabitants with plentiful purveyance of sustenance, but provant and victual moreover this monstrous army of strangers […]
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@misc{provant_2026,
title = {provant},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/provant},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
