Provide

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

To supply; to afford; to contribute.

To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.

To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.

To foresee.

To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.

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.

To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.