different between provand vs provant

English

Etymology

Old French [Term?], from Latin praebenda (“a payment, pittance”).

Noun

provand (countable and uncountable, plural provands)

1. (dated) provender

English

Adjective

provant (comparative more provant, superlative most provant)

1. (obsolete) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior.
   • 1598, Ben Jonson, Every Man In His Humour, Act 3, Scene 1

     a poor provant rapier

Noun

provant

1. (obsolete) provender; food
   • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):

     When I want prouant w^th: Humfrie
     I sup, & when benighted,
     I repose in Powles w^th: waking soules,
     Yet neuer am affrighted.

     When I lack food, I go
     without it, and when benighted,
     I repose in St. Paul’s (graveyard) with ghosts,
     Yet am never scared.

   • One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day.

Verb

provant (third-person singular simple present provants, present participle provanting, simple past and past participle provanted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.

Related terms

• provand

Catalan

Verb

provant

1. present participle of provar