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provided, ppl. a. and quasi-conj.|prəʊˈvaɪdɪd|
[Pa. pple. of provide v.]
I. ppl. a.
†1. Prearranged, preconcerted. Obs.
1562Burgh Rec. Peebles 4 Oct. (Rec. Soc.) 280 The greit providit slauchteris oppresiones and skaithis done to ws.
2. Prepared, ready; in a state of readiness.
1579Lyly Euphues (Arb.) 136 Demosthenes being sent for to declaime amiddest the multitude, stayd and saide, I am not yet prouided. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, iii. i. 132 With what a sharpe prouided wit he reasons. a1604Hanmer Chron. Irel. (1633) 89 Hawlaffe came in the night..hee hasted to Adelstanes Tent, but he was provided, and in armes. 1719De Foe Crusoe (1840) II. xiv. 284 The company was..well armed, and provided for all events.
3. Furnished or equipped (with what is needed).
1873Tristram Moab xii. 217 note, Offering an easy opportunity for a rightly provided collector. 1880J. E. Watt Poet. Sk. 45 (E.D.D.), I was ance weel providit, an' deemed mysel' thrang, A-boukin' an' bleachin' haill wabs o' new sheetin'.
4. That is supplied, furnished, or afforded.
1878Browning La Saisiaz 446 Man..makes for the provided room Where the old friends want their fellow. 1891Pall Mall G. 21 Sept. 3/2 Heligoland..was not..an average tourist's haunt. It was less..in the matter of ‘provided’ amusements.
b. provided school, a public elementary school provided by the local education authority, under the Education Act of 1902.
[1902Act 2 Edw. VII, c. 42 §7 A school maintained but not provided by the local education authority. Ibid. §8 Where the local education authority or any other persons propose to provide a new public elementary school. Ibid., That a school provided by the local education authority, or not so provided, as the case may be, is better suited to meet the wants of a district than the school proposed to be provided.] 1902Westm. Gaz. 29 July 2/2 The House stopped at..the management of provided schools; the whole question of the Voluntary (or unprovided) schools has still to come. 1902Daily Chron. 17 Oct. 5/7 What guarantee is there that they would not turn the school into a ‘provided’ or Board School?
II. pa. pple. and quasi-conj.
5. With the provision or condition (that); it being provided, stipulated, or arranged (that): used chiefly in legal and formal statements; also, in general use, more loosely: On the condition, supposition, or understanding (that).
a. with that.
c1460Fortescue Abs. & Lim. Mon. xiv. (1885) 143 Provided alway, that no man be harmyd..in the arrerages off such livelod. 1488Act 4 Hen. VII, c. 3 Provided alwey that this present Acte begyn to take effecte at the fest of Annunciacion of oure Lady next coming, and not afore. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. iv. i. 71, I take your offer, and will liue with you, Prouided that you do no outrages On silly women, or poore passengers. 1637Decree Star Chamb. §15 in Milton's Areop. (Arb.) 16 Prouided that they exceed not the number of Twentie. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 575 Provided that, if such child should die before 21..the reversion should go to other persons named. 1879Bain Higher Eng. Gram. 113 Provided that all is safe, you may go.
b. without that: = if only.
[1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 17 Always prouided, if the Turk sent not an armie into Italy.] 1604Shakes. Ham. v. ii. 210 (2nd Qo.) Now or whensoeuer, prouided I be so able as now. 1611― Cymb. i. iv. 166. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. i. 60 For the common sort of People, provided you'll give them Drink enough, they are wholly at your service. 1716Addison Freeholder No. 30 ⁋4 Provided there be a Pudding upon the Table, no matter what are the other Dishes. 1857Buckle Civiliz. I. xiv. 761 The circumstances..may always be known, provided the evidence is ample and authentic. 1871B. Stewart Heat §60 Provided the temperature remain the same the volume which a gas occupies is inversely proportional [etc.]. |