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Webster 1913 Edition
Provision
1.
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Shak.
2.
That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
Making
provision
for the relief of strangers. Bacon.
3.
Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; – often in the plural.
And of
For man and beast.
provisions
laid in large,For man and beast.
Milton.
4.
That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso;
as, the
provisions
of a contract; the statute has many provisions
.5.
(R. C. Ch.)
A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
6.
(Eng. Hist.)
A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
Blackstone.
Pro-vi′sion
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Provisioned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Provisioning
.] To supply with food; to victual;
as, to
. provision
a garrisonThey were
provisioned
for a journey. Palfrey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Provision
PROVI'SION
,Noun.
1.
The act of providing or making previous preparation.2.
Things provided; preparation; measures taken beforehand, either for security, defense or attack, or for the supply of wants. We make provision to defend ourselves form enemies; we make provision for war; we make provision for a voyage or for erecting a building; we make provision for the support of the poor. Government makes provision for its friends.3.
Stores provided; stock; as provision of victuals; provision of materials.4.
Victuals; food; provender; all manner of eatables for man and beast; as provisions for the table or for the family; provisions for an army.5.
Previous stipulation; terms or agreement made, or measures taken for a future exigency. In the law, no provision was made to abolish the barbarous customs of the Irish.
Papal provision, a previous nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, by which practice the rightful patron was deprived of his presentation.
PROVI'SION
,Verb.
T.