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give something useful or necessary to; “We provided the room with an electrical heater”
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hydrate, charge, date, feed, calk, fund, stint, skimp, scant, terrace, terrasse, dado, innervate, offer, signalize
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, signalise, extend, offer, stock, stock, buy in, stock up, caption, tube, ticket, stock, stock, rim, fret, step, rail, grate, capitalize, capitalise, alphabetize, wharf, air-cool, air-condition, uniform, railroad, partner, bewhisker, whisker, subtitle, headline, match, hobnail, wive, victual, surfeit, cloy, heat, seat, seat, ramp, arm, interleave, glass, glaze, crenel, crenelate, crenellate, causeway, canal, canalize, canalise, bush, brattice, furnish, slat, berth, bed, computerize, computerise, costume, bottom, rafter, tool, key, fuel, provision, purvey, yield, give, afford, equip, fit, fit out, outfit, transistorize, transistorise, upholster, cleat, coal, corbel, cornice, constitutionalize, copper-bottom, curtain, gate, index, joint, articulate, pour, pump, fuel, fire, flood, oversupply, glut, toggle, patch, water, leverage, tap, top, top out, reflectorize, reflectorise, retrofit, border, edge, machicolate, sanitate, hat, theme, kern, headquarter, shelter
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give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; “The hostess provided lunch for all the guests”
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staff, drench, regale, treat, board, feed, give, feed, serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish, cater, pander
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, pimp, procure, serve, help, power, feed, gratify, pander, indulge, underlay, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil, horse, shower, accommodate, nourish, nurture, sustain, fix up, gutter
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determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; “The will provides that each child should receive half of the money”; “The Constitution provides for the right to free speech”
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mount or put up; “put up a good fight”; “offer resistance”
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make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; “This leaves no room for improvement”; “The evidence allows only one conclusion”; “allow for mistakes”; “leave lots of time for the trip”; “This procedure provides for lots of leeway”
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supply means of subsistence; earn a living; “He provides for his large family by working three jobs”; “Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon”
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take measures in preparation for; “provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship”
