- L. providereprovisum; pro before + videre to see. See Vision, and cf. PrudentPurvey
- To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.Provideus all things necessary.
- To supply; to afford; to contribute.Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods provide.
- To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.And yetprovidedhim of but one.Jer. Taylor.Rome . . . was wellprovidedwith corn.Arbuthnot.
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
- To foresee.Obs
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
