Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Provide"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to
provide for human wants. --Burke.
2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement
provides for an early completion of the work.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
provide
v 1: provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an
electrical heater"; "render assistence" [syn: {supply},
{render}, {furnish}]
2: provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the
guests" [syn: {supply}, {ply}, {cater}]
3: determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies),
esp. by including a proviso condition; "The will provides
that each child should receive half of the money"
4: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
[syn: {put up}, {offer}]
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