PROVVEDERE. PROCURARE. FORNIRE. NOMINARE. STABILIRE. PREVEDERE
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.
2. to stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
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."
2. to supply; to afford; to contribute. bring me berries, or such cooling fruit as the kind, hospitable woods provide.
3. to furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with. "and yet provided him of but one." taylor. "rome was well provided with corn."
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.] jonson.
6. to appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. see provisor.
provide v
1. provide or furnish with; "we provided the room with an electrical heater"; "render assistence"
[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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