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provent

provent is the obsolete form of provender.

Meaning of provender

Noun

provender (usually uncountable, plural provenders)

  1. (dated, usually) Food, especially for livestock.
    • ...and in a few moments would have had their hands on one hundred and eighty thousand dollars of gold, when from some cause unknown, they decamped leaving all their tools behind, together with provender for the seige.1847, editorial staff, “Attempt at Robbery”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 66

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Questions about provent

What is provent the obsolete form of?
Provent is the obsolete form of provender.

Words near provent in the dictionary

  1. proveniences
  2. provenient
  3. provening
  4. provenly
  5. provenness
  6. provent
  7. proventral
  8. proventricle
  9. proventricles
  10. proventricular
  11. proventriculi

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