"provant" meaning in English

See provant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more provant [comparative], most provant [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} provant (comparative more provant, superlative most provant)
  1. (obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-provant-en-adj-dSiMdMqY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 10 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 42 13 45

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} provant
  1. (obsolete) provender; food Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-provant-en-noun-9WjgM1H4 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 42 13 45

Verb

Forms: provants [present, singular, third-person], provanting [participle, present], provanted [participle, past], provanted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} provant (third-person singular simple present provants, present participle provanting, simple past and past participle provanted)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for. Tags: obsolete, transitive Related terms: provand
    Sense id: en-provant-en-verb-1dn9uG4A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 10 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 42 13 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 11 51

Inflected forms

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