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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Provide \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. 2. To supply; to afford; to contribute. Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind hospitable woods provide. --Milton. 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. 4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as the contract provides that the work be well done 5. To foresee. Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --B. Jonson 6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See {Provisor}. --Prescott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Provide \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. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants --Burke. 2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as the agreement provides for an early completion of the work From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: provide v 1: provide or furnish with "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: {supply}, {render}, {furnish}] 2: provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: {supply}, {ply}, {cater}] 3: determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), esp. by including a proviso condition; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money" 4: mount or put up "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" [syn: {put up}, {offer}]
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