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Pro*vide" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Provided; p. pr. & vb. n. Providing.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See Vision, and cf. Prudent, Purvey.] 1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. “Provide us all things necessary.” Shak.
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2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.
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Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit
As the kind, hospitable woods provide. Milton.
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3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with. “And yet provided him of but one.” Jer. Taylor. “Rome . . . was well provided with corn.” Arbuthnot.
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4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
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5. To foresee. [A Latinism] [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor. Prescott.
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Pro*vide", v. i. 1. To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.
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Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.
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2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
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