[pruh-vahyd] 
verb, -vid⋅ed, -vid⋅ing.| 1. | to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits. |
| 2. | to supply or equip: to provide the army with new fighter planes. |
| 3. | to afford or yield. |
| 4. | Law. to arrange for or stipulate beforehand, as by a provision or proviso. |
| 5. | Archaic. to prepare or procure beforehand. |
| 6. | to take measures with due foresight (usually fol. by for or against). |
| 7. | to make arrangements for supplying means of support, money, etc. (usually fol. by for): He provided for his children in his will. |
| 8. | to supply means of support (often fol. by for): to provide for oneself. |
