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provened

provened is the simple past and past participle of provene.

Meaning of provene

Verb

provene (third-person singular simple present provenes, present participle provening, simple past and past participle provened)

  1. (now uncommon and chiefly non-native speakers' English) To originate, stem (from)
    • The books provened from Dartmouth and from several Harvard libraries, including Widener, Law, and Divinity.2002, Roger E. Stoddard, “"Deep in the Shed" A Working Paper from a Working Librarian”, in Carol Z. Rothkopf, editor, compiled by Carol Z. Rothkopf, A Library-Keeper's Business, New Castle, Delaware...

Questions about provened

What is provened the simple past and past participle of?
Provened is the simple past and past participle of provene.

Words near provened in the dictionary

  1. provendered
  2. provendering
  3. provenders
  4. provends
  5. provene
  6. provened
  7. provenes
  8. provenience
  9. proveniences
  10. provenient
  11. provening

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Adapted from Wiktionary: provened (page history and authors); provene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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