provisoryadj.

Brit.

/prəˈvʌɪz(ə)ri/, U.S.

/prəˈvaɪzəri/,

/proʊˈvaɪzəri/

Forms: 1600s prouisorie, 1600s prouisory, 1600s– provisory.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōvīs- , prōvidēre , -ory suffix²; Latin provisorius.

Etymology: Partly < classical Latin prōvīs-, past participial stem of prōvidēre provide v. + -ory suffix² (probably partly after Middle French, French provisoire provisional, of the nature of a temporary provision (1499 in legal use, 1790 in general use)), and partly < post-classical Latin provisorius that procures, procuring (5th cent.), relating to papal provision (13th cent.), relating to divine foresight (a1547) < classical Latin prōvīsor provisor n. + -ius , suffix forming adjectives; compare -ory suffix².

†1. Of an official mandate or bull: granting an ecclesiastical provision (provision n. 2). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [adjective] > that grants appointment to non-vacant benefice

provisory1601

provisional1700

provisionary1736

1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 303 Richard Clifford Archdeacon of Canterbury who being denied his temporalties by the king, was faine, notwithstanding the Popes prouisory Bulles, to giue place vnto Henry Bowet.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 744 He was likewise by the Popes prouisorie Bulles, translated to Canterbury.

1737 W. Thomas Surv. Cathedral-Church Worcester 180 His Provisory Bull dated the 16th of the Calends of November.

1798 J. Milner Hist. Civil & Eccl. Winchester I. xi. 293 He appointed him, by a provisory bull, to the seld same dignity.

2. Subject to a provision or proviso; relating to or expressing a provision or proviso; conditional.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective]

conditionalc1380

conditionate1533

conditionated1581

otherwise1602

provisory1611

cautionated1623

provisionala1626

provisive1650

conditioneda1656

subject1662

limitative1682

springing1685

eventual1692

contingent1710

stipulated1766

provisionary1775

conditional1864

mitigated1884

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Provisoire, prouisorie, conditionall, implying a limitation, including a prouiso.

a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xviii. 498 Abide in me, and I in you; if we take it Provisory, Abide in me, and know that I shall then abide in you, or let me abide in you, or that I may abide in you.

1714 tr. Case of Impotency Debated II. 216 The Judgements were never other than provisory and conditional.

1857 M. Reid War Trail lxv ‘If yet in time’—ay, such provisory parenthesis was in my mind.

1925 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 122 191/2 The provisory clause was deleted entirely.

1999 Korea Herald (Nexis) 11 Feb. The law includes a provisory clause stating that if necessary Chinese characters can be used... The provision was actually nullified by the 1968 presidential order which banned the use of Chinese characters.

3. = provisional adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > temporary or provisional

whilwendlicc1000

whilenda1050

specialc1400

seasonable1549

temporary1567

provisional1597

provisionary1617

temporaneal1625

provisory1630

interimistical1643

pro tempore1649

temporaneous1656

non-permanent1782

jury-rigged1788

ad interim1806

interim1808

meantime1840

running1851

flying1857

pro tem1858

interimistic1859

temp1909

caretaker1945

1630 E. Cary tr. J. D. Du Perron Reply to Answeare of King 193 The other a prohibition prouisorie, to anie of the Bishops of Egipt, which had excused themselues, from signing the epistle of Pope Leo, because they remained without a Patriarke, not to depart from Constantinople, before the arriuall of the newes of the creation of a new Patriarke of Alexandria.

1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. 81 The Divine and Apostolical Right is perpetual, the other temporal and provisory.

1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 540 There remains an expression in the Arret, that it is provisory only.

1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 275 Bichat, M. Dupuytren,..and others, have admitted that these external and internal ossifications are provisory.

1895 Daily News 20 June 5/7 It has been resolved..that the nomination of a Provisory Government will be the best way out of the difficulty.

1930 Polit, Sci. Q. 45 537 The ‘provisory’ figures are the estimates made before the harvest.

1979 F. Jameson Fables of Aggression v. 94 It must be read as an instable and provisory solution to an aesthetic dilemma.

2006 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 7 Feb. 17 A provisory decision was made..to halt payments until it was clear that the money would not end up in terrorist hands.

†4. That makes provision for eventualities. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective]

purveyable?a1425

pensivec1425

providenta1450

provide?a1475

purveyanta1500

prospective1581

prospecting1602

provisional1603

providentiala1646

provisionary1647

prospicient1654

provisive1677

forethoughtful1809

far-seeing1837

provisory1843

1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 222 To communicate secrets, delivered to her in strictest confidence, and imparted by her again with equal caution and provisory care, was the choicest occupation of her..life.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	provisory
释义	provisoryadj. Brit. /prəˈvʌɪz(ə)ri/, U.S. /prəˈvaɪzəri/, /proʊˈvaɪzəri/ Forms: 1600s prouisorie, 1600s prouisory, 1600s– provisory. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōvīs- , prōvidēre , -ory suffix²; Latin provisorius. Etymology: Partly < classical Latin prōvīs-, past participial stem of prōvidēre provide v. + -ory suffix² (probably partly after Middle French, French provisoire provisional, of the nature of a temporary provision (1499 in legal use, 1790 in general use)), and partly < post-classical Latin provisorius that procures, procuring (5th cent.), relating to papal provision (13th cent.), relating to divine foresight (a1547) < classical Latin prōvīsor provisor n. + -ius , suffix forming adjectives; compare -ory suffix². †1. Of an official mandate or bull: granting an ecclesiastical provision (provision n. 2). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [adjective] > that grants appointment to non-vacant benefice provisory1601 provisional1700 provisionary1736 1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 303 Richard Clifford Archdeacon of Canterbury who being denied his temporalties by the king, was faine, notwithstanding the Popes prouisory Bulles, to giue place vnto Henry Bowet. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 744 He was likewise by the Popes prouisorie Bulles, translated to Canterbury. 1737 W. Thomas Surv. Cathedral-Church Worcester 180 His Provisory Bull dated the 16th of the Calends of November. 1798 J. Milner Hist. Civil & Eccl. Winchester I. xi. 293 He appointed him, by a provisory bull, to the seld same dignity. 2. Subject to a provision or proviso; relating to or expressing a provision or proviso; conditional. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adjective] conditionalc1380 conditionate1533 conditionated1581 otherwise1602 provisory1611 cautionated1623 provisionala1626 provisive1650 conditioneda1656 subject1662 limitative1682 springing1685 eventual1692 contingent1710 stipulated1766 provisionary1775 conditional1864 mitigated1884 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Provisoire, prouisorie, conditionall, implying a limitation, including a prouiso. a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xviii. 498 Abide in me, and I in you; if we take it Provisory, Abide in me, and know that I shall then abide in you, or let me abide in you, or that I may abide in you. 1714 tr. Case of Impotency Debated II. 216 The Judgements were never other than provisory and conditional. 1857 M. Reid War Trail lxv ‘If yet in time’—ay, such provisory parenthesis was in my mind. 1925 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 122 191/2 The provisory clause was deleted entirely. 1999 Korea Herald (Nexis) 11 Feb. The law includes a provisory clause stating that if necessary Chinese characters can be used... The provision was actually nullified by the 1968 presidential order which banned the use of Chinese characters. 3. = provisional adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > temporary or provisional whilwendlicc1000 whilenda1050 specialc1400 seasonable1549 temporary1567 provisional1597 provisionary1617 temporaneal1625 provisory1630 interimistical1643 pro tempore1649 temporaneous1656 non-permanent1782 jury-rigged1788 ad interim1806 interim1808 meantime1840 running1851 flying1857 pro tem1858 interimistic1859 temp1909 caretaker1945 1630 E. Cary tr. J. D. Du Perron Reply to Answeare of King 193 The other a prohibition prouisorie, to anie of the Bishops of Egipt, which had excused themselues, from signing the epistle of Pope Leo, because they remained without a Patriarke, not to depart from Constantinople, before the arriuall of the newes of the creation of a new Patriarke of Alexandria. 1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. 81 The Divine and Apostolical Right is perpetual, the other temporal and provisory. 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 540 There remains an expression in the Arret, that it is provisory only. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 275 Bichat, M. Dupuytren,..and others, have admitted that these external and internal ossifications are provisory. 1895 Daily News 20 June 5/7 It has been resolved..that the nomination of a Provisory Government will be the best way out of the difficulty. 1930 Polit, Sci. Q. 45 537 The ‘provisory’ figures are the estimates made before the harvest. 1979 F. Jameson Fables of Aggression v. 94 It must be read as an instable and provisory solution to an aesthetic dilemma. 2006 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 7 Feb. 17 A provisory decision was made..to halt payments until it was clear that the money would not end up in terrorist hands. †4. That makes provision for eventualities. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective] purveyable?a1425 pensivec1425 providenta1450 provide?a1475 purveyanta1500 prospective1581 prospecting1602 provisional1603 providentiala1646 provisionary1647 prospicient1654 provisive1677 forethoughtful1809 far-seeing1837 provisory1843 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 222 To communicate secrets, delivered to her in strictest confidence, and imparted by her again with equal caution and provisory care, was the choicest occupation of her..life. 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