Provide(v. i.) 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.
Provide(v. i.) To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
Provide(v. t.) To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
Provide(v. t.) To supply; to afford; to contribute.
Provide(v. t.) To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
Provide(v. t.) To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
Provide(v. t.) To foresee.
Provide(v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
Provided(conj.) On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever.
Provided(imp. & p. p.) of Provide
Providence(n.) The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
Providence(n.) Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
Providence(n.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
Providence(n.) Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
Provident(a.) Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future.
Providently(adv.) In a provident manner.
Providentness(n.) The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy.
Provider(n.) One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.
Providing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provide
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