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provisioned

[pruh-vizh-uhn] Origin

pro·vi·sion

[pruh-vizh-uhn]
noun
1.
a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
2.
the providing or supplying of something, especially of food or other necessities.
3.
arrangement or preparation beforehand, as for the doing of something, the meeting of needs, the supplying of means, etc.
4.
something provided; a measure or other means for meeting a need.
5.
a supply or stock of something provided.
EXPAND
6.
provisions, supplies of food.
7.
Ecclesiastical.
a.
an appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
b.
appointment by the pope to a see or benefice not yet vacant.
COLLAPSE
verb (used with object)
8.
to supply with provisions.

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Provisioned is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin prōvīsiōn- (stem of prōvīsiō) a foreseeing, equivalent to prōvīs(us) (past participle of prōvidēre to provide) + -iōn- -ion

pro·vi·sion·er, noun
pro·vi·sion·less, adjective
o·ver·pro·vi·sion, noun
pre·pro·vi·sion, noun
re·pro·vi·sion, verb
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self-pro·vi·sion, noun
un·pro·vi·sioned, adjective
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1. condition. 2. catering, purveying. 6. store, provender, stock. See food.

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Word Origin & History

provision
late 14c., "providing beforehand" (originally in ref. to ecclesiastical appointments made before the position was vacant), from O.Fr. provision (early 14c.), from L. provisionem (nom. provisio) "foresight, preparation," from providere "look ahead" (see provide). Meaning
EXPAND
"something provided" is attested from late 15c.; specific sense of "supply of food" is from c.1600. The verb is attested from 1805 (implied in provisioned).
COLLAPSE
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