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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To supply; to afford; to contribute. [1913 Webster] Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods provide. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done. [1913 Webster] 5. To foresee. Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See {Provisor}. --Prescott. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. i. 1. 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. [1913 Webster] Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: provide v 1: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: {supply}, {provide}, {render}, {furnish}] 2: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: {provide}, {supply}, {ply}, {cater}] 3: determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" 4: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" [syn: {put up}, {provide}, {offer}] 5: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: {leave}, {allow for}, {allow}, {provide}] 6: supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon" [syn: {provide}, {bring home the bacon}] 7: take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"