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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Provided \Pro*vid"ed\, 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 the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to their truth. --G. H. Lewes. Note: This word is strictly a participle, and the word being is understood, the participle provided agreeing with the whole sentence absolute, and being equivalent to this condition being previously stipulated or established. 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.
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