Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.