n. same as abortionist. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. bos, bovis, ox, cow. ] (Zool.) Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Not to provide; to fail to provide. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All improvided for dread of death. E. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. improvidentia; OF. improvidence. Cf. Imprudence. ] The quality of being improvident; lack of foresight or thrift. [ 1913 Webster ]

The improvidence of my neighbor must not make me inhuman. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + provident: cf. L. improvidus. See Provident, and cf. Imprudent. ] Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man. [ 1913 Webster ]

Improvident soldiers! had your watch been good,
This sudden mischief never could have fallen. Shak.

Syn. -- Inconsiderable; negligent; careless; shiftless; prodigal; wasteful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Improvidently. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a improvident manner. “Improvidently rash.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too provident. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Latin poet Ovid; resembling the style of Ovid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to oviducts; as, oviducal glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ovum + duct: cf. F. oviducte. ] (Anat.) A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called Fallopian tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To provide beforehand. “The materials preprovided.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Provided; p. pr. & vb. n. Providing. ] [ L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See Vision, and cf. Prudent, Purvey. ] 1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. “Provide us all things necessary.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To supply; to afford; to contribute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit
As the kind, hospitable woods provide. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with. “And yet provided him of but one.” Jer. Taylor. “Rome . . . was well provided with corn.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To foresee. [ A Latinism ] [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child. [ 1913 Webster ]

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever. [ 1913 Webster ]

Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to their truth. G. H. Lewes. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is strictly a participle, and the word being is understood, the participle provided agreeing with the whole sentence absolute, and being equivalent to this condition being previously stipulated or established. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. providentia: cf. F. providence. See Provident, and cf. Prudence. ] 1. The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Providence for war is the best prevention of it. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience. [ 1913 Webster ]

The world was all before them, where to choose
Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Theol.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide for, needs a greater providence of God. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a high point of providence in a prince to cast an eye rather upon actions than persons. Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. providens, -entis, p. pr. of providere: cf. F. provident. See Provide, and cf. Prudent. ] Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future. [ 1913 Webster ]

And of our good and of our dignity,
How provident he is. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Forecasting; cautious; careful; prudent; frugal; economical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. providentiel. ] Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape. -- Prov"i*den"tial*ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a provident manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Provedore. ] One who makes provision; a purveyor. [ R. ] De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + provide. ] To deprive of necessary provision; to unfurnish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest her . . . beauty unprovide my mind again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Improvident. [ Obs. ] “Who for thyself art so unprovident.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]