"provant" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act III, scene i:",
          "text": "a poor provant rapier",
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        "Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior."
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        "(obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior."
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          "ref": "c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)",
          "text": "When I want prouant wᵗʰ: Humfrie\nI sup, & when benighted,\nI repose in Powles wᵗʰ: waking soules,\nYet neuer am affrighted.\nWhen I lack food, I go\nwithout it, and when benighted,\nI repose in St. Paul’s (graveyard) with ghosts,\nYet am never scared."
        },
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          "ref": "c. 1612–1615?, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, revised by Philip Massinger, “Loves Cure or, The Martial Maid”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene i:",
          "text": "One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day.",
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      "glosses": [
        "provender; food"
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        "(obsolete) provender; food"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "provanting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "provanted",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "provanted",
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        {
          "ref": "1599, Thomas Nash, Nashes Lenten Stuffe:",
          "text": "...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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      "glosses": [
        "To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for."
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for."
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          "text": "a poor provant rapier",
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        "Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior."
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        "(obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior."
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          "text": "When I want prouant wᵗʰ: Humfrie\nI sup, & when benighted,\nI repose in Powles wᵗʰ: waking soules,\nYet neuer am affrighted.\nWhen I lack food, I go\nwithout it, and when benighted,\nI repose in St. Paul’s (graveyard) with ghosts,\nYet am never scared."
        },
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          "text": "One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day.",
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        "To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for."
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for."
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