Definition of: provide

(prə·vīd′) v. ·vid·ed, ·vid·ing v.t.
1. To supply or furnish.
2. To afford; yield.
3. To prepare, make ready, or procure beforehand.
4. To set down as a condition; stipulate.
—v.i.
5. To take measures in advance: with for or against.
6. To furnish means of subsistence: usually with for.
7. To make a stipulation. [<L providere foresee <pro- before + videre see. Doublet of PURVEY.] Synonyms: arrange, cater, furnish, prepare, procure, produce, supply. Antonyms: alienate, divert, lose, misemploy, mismanage, neglect, overlook, scatter, squander, waste.