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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.
EXPANDa supply or stock of something provided.
6.
provisions, supplies of food.
7.
COLLAPSEEcclesiastical.
a.
an appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
b.
appointment by the pope to a see or benefice not yet vacant.
verb (used with object)
8.
to supply with provisions.
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Provisions
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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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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