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Word Meanings - PROVIDED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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. Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to
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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. Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to their truth. G. H. Lewes. 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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- PROVIDENCE
A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction. He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide for, needs a greater providence of God. Jer. Taylor. 4. Prudence in - PROVIDORE
One who makes provision; a purveyor. De Foe. - RELATIVELY
In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely. Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively. I. Watts. - PROVIDE
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, - PROVIDENTLY
In a provident manner. - CONTINGENTLY
In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally. - PROVISIONALLY
By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. Locke. - PROVIDENT
Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future. And of our good and of our dignity, - CONDITIONALLY
In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak. - PROVIDER
One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted. - PROVIDENTIAL
Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape. -- Prov"i*den"tial*ly, adv. - PROVIDENTNESS
The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy. - PROVIDED
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. Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to - IMPROVIDENTLY
In a improvident manner. "Improvidently rash." Drayton. - IMPROVIDED
Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared. All improvided for dread of death. E. Hall. - UNPROVIDENT
Improvident. "Who for thyself art so unprovident.' Shak. - IMPROVIDENTIALLY
Improvidently. - IMPROVIDENCE
The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift. The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me inhuman. L'Estrange. - DISPROVIDE
Not to provide; to fail to provide. Boyle. - OVERPROVIDENT
Too provident. - HYPOTHETIC; HYPOTHETICAL
Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon. Causes hypothetical at least, if not real, for the - IMPROVIDENT
Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man. Improvident soldires! had your watch been good, This sudden mischief never could have fallen. Shak. Syn. - CORRELATIVELY
In a correlative relation.