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[ hap/gdw]

  FEW:  prode 9,417b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  pro (proëment)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  prouamentum 2543b
proument,  prowement  

s.

1finan.exploitation, use or improvement (for profit, advantage, benefit, etc.): 
( c.1270; MS: s.xiiiex )  pur le pruement (var. apruement) e le mendement del maner  90
( 1318 )  le surplus demurt al seygnur a fere soun prowement et son agistement et sa volunté  Ed II xxii 324
2 agriculturallaw enclosure of land for agricultural use: 
( 1234 ) que les fraunkes tenauntes […] eient part de la proument en wastes qui gisent desclose  ii 1186
apruement  empruement  pruer 
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