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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
provide .
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Examples
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So he raised his eyes heavenwards and said, Glory to Thee, O Lord, O Creator and Provider, who providest whomso Thou wilt without count or stint!
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Commest thou home every day with empty hands, and bringest nothing to maintaine our house? thou hast no regard for our profit, neither providest for any meate or drinke, whereas I poore wretch doe nothing day and night but occupie my selfe with spinning, and yet my travell will scarce find the Candels which we spend.
The Golden Asse Lucius Apuleius
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Thou providest them grain, when5 thou hast so prepared the6 earth.
LXV. Book II 1909
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Thou providest then a friend for me, no negligent consulter of the astrologers; nor yet well skilled in those arts, but (as I said) a curious consulter with them, and yet knowing something, which he said he had heard of his father, which how far it went to overthrow the estimation of that art, he knew not.
The Seventh Book 1909
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It is Thou who providest for all, each in his own way, for great and small, rich and poor.
Light, Life, and Love : selections from the German mystics of the middle ages William Ralph Inge 1907
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The river of God is full of water: thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth, blessing its rivers, multiplying its shoots.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh of Clairvaux Bernard 1899
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Thou feedest, providest, supportest, and preservest all; under the wings of Thy mercy, bounty, and loving kindness all are provided for and are given rest — not under ours, for we ourselves have need of being covered with the shadow of Thy wings at every moment of our life.
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Thou providest them corn, when Thou hast so prepared the earth.
The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture 1889
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It is Thou who providest for all, each in its own way; for great and small, for rich and poor.
The Life of Blessed Henry Suso by Himself. Heinrich or Suso 1865
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The river of God is full of water: thou preparest their corn, for so thou providest for the earth.
The Order for Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America, Together with the Ante-Communion Office and a Selection of Occasional Prayers from Various Offices of the Book of Common Prayer. Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America 1863
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