provide
provide is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To supply; to afford; to contribute. Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods provide. Milton.
- 2.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.
- 3.To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
- 4.To foresee. Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] B. Jonson.
- 5.To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor. Prescott.
- 6.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.
- 7.To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accessory
- adviser
- advocate
- against
- aid
- arm
- assistant
- association
- attorney
- back
- banco
- bar
- barrister
- batman
- beagle
- beat
- bencher
- call
- cater
- caterer
- civilian
- commissariat
- commissary
- comprador
- consult
- conveyancer
- counsel
- court
- cursitor
- day
- draftsman
- due
- economy
- ensilage
- equity
- esquire
- fall
- feed
- feeder
- fill
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is provide.
- What is to supply; to afford; to contribute. Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods provide. Milton called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done called?
- What is to foresee. Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] B. Jonson called?
- What is to appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor. Prescott called?
- What is to stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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