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provenes

provenes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 provenes

What is provenes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Provenes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of provene.

Words near provenes in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: provenes (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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