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provender

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English

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

provender (usually uncountable, plural provenders)

  1. (dated) Food, especially for livestock.
    Synonyms: fodder; see also Thesaurus:food

Translations

Verb

provender (third-person singular simple present provenders, present participle provendering, simple past and past participle provendered)

  1. (transitive) To feed.
    • 1911, International Horseshoers' Monthly Magazine, volume 12, page 35:
      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 []

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