Definition of provision

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Provision (v. t.) To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison..

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Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To prepare; to set and furnish with provisions; as, to spread a table..
Victual :: Victual (v. t.) To supply with provisions for subsistence; to provide with food; to store with sustenance; as, to victual an army; to victual a ship..
Provender :: Provender (n.) Food or provisions.
Dispense :: Dispense (v. t.) To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines..
Gaol :: Gaol (n.) A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail..
Forecast :: Forecast (n.) Foresight of consequences, and provision against them; prevision; premeditation..
Market :: Market (v. i.) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
Cates :: Cates (n.) Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties..
Endow :: Endow (v. t.) To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution..
Achate :: Achate (n.) Provisions. Same as Cates.
Vivandiere :: Vivandiere (n.) In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler..
Victuals :: Victuals (n. pl.) Food for human beings, esp. when it is cooked or prepared for the table; that which supports human life; provisions; sustenance; meat; viands..
Comparation :: Comparation (n.) A making ready; provision.
Spence :: Spence (n.) A place where provisions are kept; a buttery; a larder; a pantry.
Safe :: Safe (n.) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
Garland :: Garland (n.) A sort of netted bag used by sailors to keep provision in.
Commons :: Commons (n. pl.) Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities..
Requisition :: Requisition (n.) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc..
Subsistence :: Subsist (v. t.) To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family..
Scant :: Scant (superl.) Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; less than is wanted for the purpose; scanty; meager; not enough; as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment..
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