provender
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< Middle English provendre < Old French provendre, var. of provende (“‘allowance, provision’”) < Late Latin praebenda (“‘a payment, in ML. also an allowance of food and drink, pittance, also a prebend’”); see prebend.
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provender (uncountable)
- Food, especially for livestock.
- An edible material that provides sustenance.
[edit] External links
- provender in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- provender in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
