Provide(v. t.)
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
Provide(v. i.)
- 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.
Provide(v. i.)
- To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
Provided(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.
Providence(n.)
- The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
Providence(n.)
- Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
Providence(n.)
- A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
Providence(n.)
- Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
Providences
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Provident(a.)
- Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future.