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.
   • Ben Jonson

     A poor provant rapier.

Noun

provant

1. (obsolete) provender; food
   • Beaumont and Fletcher

     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.
   • 1599, Thomas Nash, Nashe's Lenten Stuffe:

     ...should not only supply her inhabitants with plentiful purveyance of sustenance, but provant and victual moreover this monstrous army of strangers...

Catalan

Verb

provant

1. present participle of provar