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Origin and history of provided

provided(conj.)

"with or on condition that; this (or it) being understood, conceded, or established," early 15c., conjunction use of past participle of provide. As an adjective, "destined" (early 15c.); "prepared, ready" (1570s); "furnished" (1878).

also from early 15c.

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provide(v.)

early 15c., providen, "make provision for the future; arrange, plan; take care, relieve of needs, supply the needs of," from Latin providere "look ahead, prepare, supply, act with foresight," from pro "ahead" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward") + videre "to see" (from PIE root *weid- "to see"). Related: Provided; providing; providance ("act or condition of providing," by 1740). Earlier in same sense was its doublet purvey, which is from the same Latin verb, deformed in Old French (pourvoir).

No memory of having starred
Atones for later disregard,
Or keeps the end from being hard.
Better to go down dignified
With boughten friendship at your side
Than none at all. Provide, provide!
[Robert Frost, from "Provide, Provide"]
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    purview
    mid-15c., purveu, in law, "the body of a statute, the substance of an act," from Anglo-French purveu est "it is provided,..." or purveu que "provided that" (late 13c.), clauses that introduced statutes in old legal documents, from Anglo-French purveu..., Old French porveu (Modern French pourvu) "provided," past participle of porveoir "to provide," from Latin providere "look...
    proviso
    stipulation, a special exception to the general terms of a legislative act," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin proviso (quod) "provided...Latin wording of the usual phrase at the beginning of clauses in legal documents (mid-14c.), from Latin proviso "it being provided...
    found
    attached to the wages or charges in old advertisements for job openings, traveling berths, etc., indicates that meals are provided...Hence, so much and found for "wages + meals provided."...
    supply
    Meaning "that which is provided, quantity or amount of something provided" is attested from c. 1600....
    expense
    also formerly expence, late 14c., "action of spending or giving away, a laying out or expending," also "funds provided for...expenses, expense money; damage or loss from any cause," from Anglo-French expense, Old French espense "money provided for...
    marsupial
    "of or pertaining to the implacental mammals," who usually are provided with a pouch for their young, 1690s, with -al (1)...
    phone
    book "publication listing telephone numbers and their associated names" is by 1920; phone booth "small enclosure or stall provided...
    render
    late 14c., rendren, rendre, "repeat, say again, recite; translate," from Old French rendre "give back, present, yield" (10c.) and Medieval Latin rendere, from Vulgar Latin *rendere, a variant of Latin reddere "give back, return, restore," from red- "back" (see re-) + combining fo
    provision
    late 14c., provisioun, "foresight, prudence, care;" also "a providing beforehand, action of arranging in advance" (at first often in reference to ecclesiastical appointments made before the position was vacant), from Old French provision "precaution, care" (early 14c.), from Lati
    cater
    c. 1600, "provide food for," from Middle English catour (n.) "buyer of provisions" (c. 1400; late 13c. as a surname), a shortening of Anglo-French achatour "buyer" (Old North French acatour, Old French achatour, 13c., Modern French acheteur), from Old French achater "to buy,

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