Provide (?), 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. [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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