provide
provide Lexical Profile
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• verb
To make something available for use; to supply or equip someone with what is needed or wanted.
"The university will provide all incoming students with access to the digital library."
To make adequate preparation for a possible event, or to supply the means of subsistence for someone (usually followed by 'for' or 'against').
"She worked two jobs to provide for her growing family and save for their future."
To stipulate, specify, or lay down as a condition or requirement (especially of a law, contract, or agreement).
"The new lease agreement provides that tenants must give thirty days' notice before vacating."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late Middle English period from Latin 'providere', meaning 'to foresee' or 'to attend to', formed from 'pro-' (before) and 'videre' (to see).