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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1407|origins=la prōvidēre}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /prəˈvaɪd/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|providen]], [[bor|la|prōvidēre|t=to look ahead, prepare, supply]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MW Collegiate) from [[m|la|prō-|t=forward, ahead]] and [[m|la|vidēre|t=to see]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(Klein 1966) from [[ine-pro|*weyd-|alt=*weid-|t=to see]].^(Etymonline)^(AHD 2000) It is a doublet of [[purvey]], from the same Latin verb through Old French [[m|fro|porveoir]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To exercise foresight, make provision for the future: about 1407,^(OED 1989) or about 1408, in Lydgate's ''Reson and Sensuallyte''.^(Barnhart 1988) The sense “to foresee” is from 1423 and is now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ “To lay down as a condition, stipulate” is from 1423,^(OED 1989)^(HTOED) and “to prepare, arrange beforehand” from about 1420.^(OED 1989) The common modern meaning “to supply, furnish” is from 1447,^(OED 1989) and “to supply means of support”, as in ''provide for a family'', developed from the sense of making provision.^(AHD)^(OED 1989) In church law, to appoint a priest to a vacant benefice is from 1388.^(OED 1989) Etymonline notes that ''purvey'' was the earlier word in the same sense.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1388 – to appoint to a benefice.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1407 – to make provision.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1423 – to foresee; to stipulate.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1447 – to supply, furnish.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To supply; to [[furnish]]; to make available.^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # To set down as a condition; to [[stipulate]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # To take measures in preparation: ''provide against loss''.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # To supply means of support: ''provide for a family''.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[providable]]

+ * [[preprovide]]

+ * [[nonprovided]]

+ * [[unprovided]]

+ * [[provider]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[provision]]

+ * [[provident]]

+ * [[providence]]

+ * [[purvey]]

+ * [[prudent]]

+ * [[vision]]

+ * [[improvise]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}