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Furnish
Answer for the clue "Furnish ", 7 letters:
provide
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Provided ; p. pr. & vb. n. Providing .] [L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See Vision , and cf. Prudent , Purvey .] To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply , render , furnish ] provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: supply , ply ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., from Latin providere "look ahead, prepare, supply, act with foresight," from pro- "ahead" (see pro- ) + videre "to see" (see vision ). Related: Provided ; providing . Earlier in same sense was purvey , which is the same word as deformed in Old ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a constitution provides for sth (= it says something must be done ) ▪ Singapore's constitution provides for an elected president as head of state. bring/provide benefits ▪ The new bridge has brought considerable benefits. ...
Usage examples of provide.
A partitioned room will accommodate either a summer or a winter dairy, if not otherwise provided, and a multitude of conveniences may be made of it in all well arranged farmeries.
Guard found their accommodation in a disused drying shed, where a fireplace provided a welcome warmth.
Other things, which pertain to the understanding and hence to the thinking, called matters of faith, are provided everyone in accord with his life, for they are accessory to life and if they have been given precedence, do not become living until they are subsidiary.
Upon the death of the owner they had to be passed on to the oldest or youngest son, in accordance with local customs, or to the nearest male relative, who was obliged to provide a living and an education for his brothers and sisters until they were of age.
The question presented was whether a judgment rendered by a New York court under a statute which provided that, when joint debtors were sued and one of them was brought into court on a process, a judgment in favor of the plaintiff would entitle him to execute against all, and so must be accorded full faith and credit in Louisiana when offered as the basis of an action in debt against a resident of that State who had not been served by process in the New York action.
Worse, traditional accounting provided benefits to companies that sold winning positions while holding on to losers.
Under the accounting rules, that fee could only be reported by Enron after it provided the services.
British accredited representative, expressly provided for the unfettered freedom of conscience.
I was reminded of how difficult archaeologists found it to provide accurate dates for engineering works like roads and drystone walls which contained no organic compounds.
After two days of riding the wall, and time spent in the evening studying the ward-wall patrol manual that Maran had provided, his eyes tend to blur whenever he looks toward the chaos and whitened granite that prisons the Accursed Forest.
To control this disagreeable symptom, the candidates for both species of afflatus used to come to their meetings provided with napkins and rollers with which to bind their middles, and prevent the supervening inflation.
Before a knight could indulge in mortal affray he was obliged to obtain the consent of his sovereign, provided that peace ruled between his country and that of his antagonist, as was the case between Spain and Burgundy.
At last, she found herself in a pleasant reception area, wide windows providing a spectacular view of the sunset over the crystal and ebony spires of the Allegiancy capital.
Rejecting with disdain the delicacies provided for his table, he satisfied his appetite with the coarse and common fare which was allotted to the meanest soldiers.
God, or some one of the gods, in sending the souls to their birth, placed eyes in the face to catch the light and allotted to each sense the appropriate organ, providing thus for the safety which comes by seeing and hearing in time and, seeking or avoiding under guidance of touch.