Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish.
Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.
That which is provided; provisions; food.
A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished.