The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.
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Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit
As the kind, hospitable woods provide. --Milton.
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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.
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4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as,
the contract provides that the work be well done.
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5. To foresee.
Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is
vacant. See Provisor. --Prescott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Provided \Pro*vid"ed\, 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.
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Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost
indifferent to their truth. --G. H. Lewes.
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Note: This word is strictly a participle, and the word being
is understood, the participle provided agreeing with
the whole sentence absolute, and being equivalent to
this condition being previously stipulated or
established.
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Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "provided":
according as, accoutered, all ready, all set, armed,
armed and ready, booted and spurred, briefed, catered, coached,
cocked, endowed, equipped, familiarized, fitted, fitted out,
furnished, good and ready, groomed, heeled, if, in any case,
in arms, in battle array, in case, in case that, in either case,
in readiness, in the saddle, informed, invested, it being provided,
just in case, loaded, loaded for bear, mature, mobilized,
on condition, on condition that, on the mark, outfitted, planned,
prearranged, prepared, prepared and ready, prepped, primed,
provided always, provided that, providing, psyched up, purveyed,
ready, ready for anything, rigged, ripe, set, subject to, supplied,
up in arms, vigilant, well-prepared, with the stipulation,
with the understanding, with this proviso