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provide something for someone or something to supply something for someone or something. I will provide salad for the guests. Ted provided food for his dog. See also: provide provide for someone or something to supply the needs of someone or something. Don't worry, we will provide for you. We will provide for the committee in the budget. See also: provide provide for somebody to give someone the things they need to live Former prisoners must learn to provide for themselves once they get out of jail. She's struggling to provide for her family and pay her bills. See also: provide provide for something 1. to take care of a need After you cross the border you will have to provide for your own security. The shape of the tank is designed to provide for water circulation. 2. to allow something The permit will provide for a 30-day hunt beginning in late November. See also: provide How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But is the art of medicine or any other art faulty or deficient in any quality in the same way that the eye may be deficient in sight or the ear fail of hearing, and therefore requires another art to provide for the interests of seeing and hearing-- has art in itself, I say, any similar liability to fault or defect, and does every art require another supplementary art to provide for its interests, and that another and another without end? We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. But he was helpless himself in the hands of my lady and the Baron-- and the only kind thing he could do was to provide for me in my widowhood, like the true nobleman he was |
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