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provant, n. (ˈprɒvənt) Also 5–7 provent(e. [app. a. MLG. provant, later form of provande provand; perh. sometimes confounded with provent n. Formerly proˈvant.] 1. Provand, provender; an allowance of food.c 1450 Mankind 61 in Macro Plays, The chaff, to horse xall be goode provente; When a man ys for...
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Timothy O'Neill (camoufleur)
He then worked in industry, in Provant, Inc, and in U. S. Cavalry Security Gear and Systems, Inc.
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provant-master
† ˈprovant-ˌmaster Obs. [f. provant n. + master n.1: cf. Du. provand-meester (Kilian; mod. proviand-), G. proviant-meister.] The officer in charge of the commissariat; the commissary; also ? a supplier of or dealer in provisions.1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 399 When the Scythians understood th...
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proviant
proviant (ˈprɒvɪənt) Also 7 proveant, 9 proviand. [a. G. proviant, Du. proviand, in It. provianda, apparently an altered form of provenda provend, influenced by OF. proveant providing, proveance provision. Brought into Eng. by soldiers who served in the Thirty Years' War, 1618–48. The German word is...
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Tom o' Bedlam
When I want provant with Humphrey
I sup, and when benighted,
I repose in Paul's with waking souls
Yet never am affrighted.
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provente
▪ I. † ˈprovent Obs. [ad. L. prōvent-us a coming forth, produce, supply, increase, f. prōvent-, ppl. stem of prōven-īre to come forth, provene. So OF. provent (1382 in Godef.).] = provenue.1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) VI. 361 This kynge divided alle his proventes [L. proventus suos] into ij. partes. I...
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Gideon Quarcoo
He later joined Provant / J. Howard & Associates in Lexington as a Curriculum and Development Consultant in 1997.
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provend
▪ I. provend, n. Obs. or arch. (ˈprɒvənd) Also 4–6 provende. [a. F. provende (12th c. in Littré) † a prebend, a supply of food, provender = It. profenda, † provenda, provender, med.L. provenda (13th c. in Du Cange):—Romanic type *prōvenda (whence also OSax. prôvenda, OHG. pfrovinta (G. pfründe), MLG...
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Basic Education High School No. 6 Botataung
The school which produced notable scholars in the past has succumbed to the provant teaching style based mainly on memorization and rote learning.
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provand
provand (ˈprɒvənd) Also 4–5 provande. [= MLG. and early mod.Du. provande (Plantin, Kilian, Hexham 1678); app. ad. F. provende: see provend n. In quot. 1481 immediately from Flemish; but in earlier examples perh. from OF.] Food, provisions, provender; esp. the food and fodder provided for an army.c 1...
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stank
▪ I. stank, n. (stæŋk) Forms: α. 4 stanc, 4, 7 stanck(e, 4–5 staunk(e, (5 stonke), 5, 7 stanke, (7 Sc. stunk), 9 dial. stenk, 3– stank. β. 3–6 stang, 5–6 stange, (6 staung). [a. OF. estanc (mod.F. étang) = Pr. estanc-s, Sp. estanque, Pg. estanque, estanco:—Com. Rom. *stanco, prob. vbl. noun to *stan...
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forelook
▪ I. forelook, n. (ˈfɔəlʊk) [f. fore- prefix + look n.; cf. next.] a. A look forward (obs. exc. U.S.) † b. The habit or power of looking forward; Foresight, providence.1357 Lay Folks Catech. 143 The saule..went untill hell and toke oute thas..Whilke he in his forloke wold that wer saued. c 1420 Sir ...
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disperse
▪ I. † diˈsperse, ppl. a. Obs. Also 4–6 dispers. [a. OF. dispers, -pars (in Godef.), ad. L. dispers-us, pa. pple.: see next.] Dispersed, scattered about.1393 Gower Conf. II. 177 Thus was dispers in sondry wise The misbeleve. Ibid. II. 185 They liven oute of goddes grace, Dispers in alle londes oute....
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buff
▪ I. † buff, n.1 Obs. exc. in blind man's buff. Forms: 5–8 buffe, 6 buf, 6– buff. [perh. a. OF. bufe, buffe, a blow; cf. buffet n.1] A blow, stroke, buffet. Buff and counterbuff seem to have been technical terms in fencing or pugilism.c 1420 Avow. Arth. iv, Quo durst abide him a buffe. 1483 Caxton G...
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prove
▪ I. prove, v. (pruːv) Forms: α. prove, etc.; β. preove, preve, etc.: see below. Inflected proved, proving; Pa. pple. also (orig. in Sc. legal use) proven. [a. OF. prove-r (11th c. in Littré), in mod.F. prouver = Pr. proar, Sp. probar, Pg. provar, It. probare:—L. probāre to test (a thing) as to its ...
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