2  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  providing 
  n  :  the  activity  of  supplying  or  providing  something  [syn:  {provision}, 
  {supply},  {supplying}] 

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