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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1529-1578
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Providand, -vydand, pres. p. Also ? erroneous or altered form: proviand.(Sc. form of Providin(g pres. p.) — 1529 Aberd. B. Rec. I 124.
For the wawing and fowsane of this towne … thresaureris schoschin to that effect … proviand all ways that [etc.] 1554 Mill Mediæval Plays 182.
Providand alwys that the said Walter mak the play geir vnderwrittin 1561 Q. Kennedy Compendious Ressonyng (ed.) 153/10. a1578 Pitsc. I 179/27 (see Alwayis adv. 1 b).
Provydand — 1571 Protocol Book of John Robeson 140b.
Providand gif the said constituent … cummis to guide helth agane
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