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provanting

provanting is the present participle and gerund of provant.

Meaning of provant

Verb

provant (third-person singular simple present provants, present participle provanting, simple past and past participle provanted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) 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 […]1599, Thomas Nash, Nashes Lenten Stuffe

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Questions about provanting

What is provanting the present participle and gerund of?
Provanting is the present participle and gerund of provant.

Words near provanting in the dictionary

  1. provannid
  2. provannids
  3. Provans
  4. provant
  5. provanted
  6. provanting
  7. provants
  8. provascular
  9. provasculogenic
  10. provasodilatory
  11. provasopressin

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