vt. 提供, 供应, 规定, 预备

vi. 作准备, 抚养, 规定

[法] 提供, 扶养, 赡养

Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. i.
1. 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.

2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement
provides for an early completion of the work.


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.