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Provender
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- 1 Food, especially for livestock. dated, uncountable, usually
"The farm which supplied to him ungrudging provender had all his vast capacity for work in willing exercise …"
- 2 a stock or supply of foods wordnet
- 3 food for domestic livestock wordnet
- 1 To feed. transitive
"One night, after several days of continuous plowing, and after the ox and mule had been stabled and provendered for the night, the ox said to the mule […]"
Etymology
From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, variant of provende (“allowance, provision”), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”). Doublet of prebend.
From Middle English provendre, from Old French provendre, variant of provende (“allowance, provision”), from Late Latin praebenda (“a payment, in Medieval Latin also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend”). Doublet of prebend.
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