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Definition of Provisioned
1. provision [v] - See also: provision
Lexicographical Neighbors of Provisioned
Literary usage of Provisioned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"... and, with a force under Colonel Burn, BO weak that they were unable to afford
reliefs and the men had to be provisioned at their posts on the ramparts, ..."
2. Pony Tracks by Frederic Remington (1895)
"The camps are provisioned for the arctic siege, and what is stranger yet is that
soldiers rather like it, and freely apply for this detached service. ..."
3. Ridpath's History of the World: Being an Account of the Principal Events in by John Clark Ridpath (1910)
"Ou the first day of the new year the Turkish position at Araba-Konak was taken,
and two days afterwards the well-provisioned town of Sofia fell into the ..."
4. A Collection of the Chronicles and Ancient Histories of Great Britain, Now by Jehan de Wavrin, William Hardy (1887)
"And when the King of England had caused to be repaired and well provisioned the
towns and castles of Caen and Cherbourg, he took his way towards Pont de ..."
5. Travels in Eastern Africa: With the Narrative of a Residence in Mozambique by Lyons McLeod (1860)
"Slave-Trade under the French Flag—Vessels Employed— How Fitted and provisioned—Price
Paid for Slaves by the French—Ceremony of Engaging the " Labourers ..."
6. The Worthies of Cumberland by Henry Lonsdale (1867)
"His sensational Appearance in the Commons as a Cumberland Labourer, so clad and
provisioned. |R. CURWEN was frequently named on Committees, and on those of ..."
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