provender
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ən noun
1.
dry food, as hay or oats, for livestock or other domestic animals; fodder.
2.
food; provisions.
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| —n | |
| 1. | any dry feed or fodder for domestic livestock |
| 2. | food in general |
| [C14: from Old French provendre, from Late Latin praebenda grant, from Latin praebēre to proffer; influenced also by Latin prōvidēre to look after] | |
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Word Origin & History
provender
1306, "allowance paid each chapter member of a cathedral," from Anglo-Fr. provendir, O.Fr. provendier, from Gallo-Romance *provenda, alt. (by influence of L. providere "supply") from L.L. præbenda "allowance, subsistence," from L. præbenda "(things) to be furnished," neut. pl. gerundive
of præbere "to furnish, offer," from præ- "before" + habere "to hold" (see habit). Meaning "food, provisions, etc." (esp. dry food for horses) is recorded from 1340.
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Example sentences
The daily provender of a giraffe weighs about fifty pounds.
Whatever game reaches the table is symbolic, a sign of a successful outing rather than necessary provender.
The leviathans come in through the extravagant provender, pumping their great flukes.
Pa, answered with free medical advice for any disease and other provender.
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