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Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town..

Battel :: Battel (n.) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively..

Board :: Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board..

Ytterbium :: Ytterbium (n.) A rare element of the boron group, sometimes associated with yttrium or other related elements, as in euxenite and gadolinite. Symbol Yb; provisional atomic weight 173.2. Cf. Yttrium..

Feast :: Feast (v. t.) To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table bountifully; as, he was feasted by the king..

Depot :: Depot (n.) A military station where stores and provisions are kept, or where recruits are assembled and drilled..

Improvision :: Improvision (n.) Improvidence.

Pensionary :: Pensionary (a.) Consisting of a pension; as, a pensionary provision for maintenance..

Prefect :: Prefect (n.) A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops guarding the emperor's person..

Comparation :: Comparation (n.) A making ready; provision.

Bumboat :: Bumboat (n.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore..

Cater :: Cater (n.) To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions..

Insufficient :: Insufficient (a.) Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality..

Protista :: Protista (n. pl.) A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals..

Provant :: Provant (v. t.) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for.

Baggage :: Baggage (n.) The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army..

Dispurveyance :: Dispurveyance (n.) Want of provisions; /ack of food.

Stock :: Stock (n.) Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions..

Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief..

Executor :: Executor (n.) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease..

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