provant

== English == === Adjective === provant (comparative more provant, superlative most provant) (obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality, i.e. inferior. === Noun === provant (uncountable) (obsolete) provisions; food c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665): When I want prouant wth: HumfrieI sup, & when benighted,I repose in Powles wth: waking soules,Yet neuer am affrighted. When I lack food, I gowithout it, and when benighted,I repose in St. Paul’s (graveyard) with ghosts,Yet am never scared. === Verb === provant (third-person singular simple present provants, present participle provanting, simple past and past participle provanted) (obsolete, transitive) To supply with provisions; to provide for. === Related terms === provand === References === “provant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Catalan == === Verb === provant gerund of provar