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provide definition

pro·vide (prə vīd′, prō-)

transitive verb provided -·vid′ed, providing -·vid′·ing

  1. Now Rare to get ready beforehand
  2. to make available; supply
  3. to supply (someone) with something
  4. to state as a condition; stipulate

Etymology: ME providen < L providere < pro-, pro- + videre, to see: see vision

intransitive verb

  1. to prepare (for or against some probable or possible situation, occurrence, etc.)
  2. to make a condition; stipulate
  3. to furnish the means of support: usually with for

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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