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providing |
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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