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Purveyance

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

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Provision 76% connected

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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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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Supplying 76% connected

of Supply

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Purvey 74% connected

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

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Purvey 74% connected

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

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Accident noun · 78% connection

Literally, a befalling; an event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; an undesigned, sudden, and unexpected event;…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Allot verb · 78% connection

To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set…

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Backsight noun · 78% connection

The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight dir…

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Bawdry noun · 78% connection

The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Cellarer noun · 78% connection

A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

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Counsel noun · 78% connection

One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, co…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Damnific adjective · 78% connection

Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Derivation noun · 78% connection

The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Economy noun · 78% connection

Orderly arrangement and management of the internal affairs of a state or of any establishment kept up by production and consumption; e…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Emulsion noun · 78% connection

Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and w…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Fast local internet protocol noun · 78% connection

a suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management.; "FLIP is a connectionless protoc…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Feticide noun · 78% connection

The act of killing the fetus in the womb; the offense of procuring an abortion.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Flip noun · 78% connection

a suite of internet protocols, which provide Security transparency, security and network management.; "FLIP is a connectionless protoc…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Forecast noun · 78% connection

Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation.

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Frown noun · 78% connection

Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.

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Implicitly adverb · 78% connection

By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: providing, procuring, providence, foresight, preparation.
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Improvident adjective · 78% connection

Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improviden…

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Management verb · 78% connection

The act or art of managing; the manner of treating, directing, carrying on, or using, for a purpose; conduct; administration; guidance…

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