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Provision

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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Broader term 16

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Cerebration 76% connected

Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

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Condition 76% connected

Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength,…

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Fund 76% connected

An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Intellection 76% connected

A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itsel…

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Precondition 76% connected

A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Stipulation 76% connected

The act of stipulating; a contracting or bargaining; an agreement.

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Store 76% connected

That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Thinking 76% connected

of Think

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Thought 76% connected

of Think

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Narrower term 19

Agreement 76% connected

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the mem…

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Alimentation 76% connected

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

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Arrangement 76% connected

The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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Calculation 76% connected

The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.

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Deliberation 76% connected

The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

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Feeding 76% connected

of Feed

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Forethought 76% connected

Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate.

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Fueling 76% connected

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Fuelling 76% connected

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Irrigation 76% connected

The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plan…

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Issuance 76% connected

The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like.

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Issue 76% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Issuing 76% connected

of Issue

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Logistics 76% connected

That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to inc…

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mens rea 76% connected

The guilty state of mind required for some crimes.

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Premeditation 76% connected

The act of meditating or contriving beforehand; previous deliberation; forethought.

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Purveyance 76% connected

The act or process of providing or procuring; providence; foresight; preparation; management.

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Stocking 76% connected

of Stock

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Subvention 76% connected

The act of coming under.

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Derivationally related 10

Ply 74% connected

To bend.

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Ply 74% connected

To bend.

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Provide 74% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Provide 74% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 74% connected

One who rends.

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Render 74% connected

One who rends.

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Sutler 74% connected

A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.

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Sutler 74% connected

A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.

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Synonym 6

Planning 92% connected

of Plan

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Preparation 92% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Proviso 92% connected

An article or clause in any statute, agreement, contract, grant, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the wor…

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Purvey 92% connected

To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supply 92% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Supplying 92% connected

of Supply

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