PROVIDED
Conjunction
provided
Only if (the stipulation that follows is true).
Synonyms: on condition that, only if, provided that, providing, as long as
Antonym: unless
Verb
provided
simple past tense and past participle of provide
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*vid"ed, conj.
Definition: 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.
Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to
their truth. G. H. Lewes.
Note: 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.
PROVIDE
Pro*vide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Provided; p. pr. & vb. n. Providing.]
Etym: [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.
2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.
Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods
provide. Milton.
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.
4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the
contract provides that the work be well done.
5. To foresee.
Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] B. Jonson.
6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See
Provisor. Prescott.
Pro*vide", 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.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human
wants. Burke.
2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides
for an early completion of the work.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition