provide Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To procure beforehand1. păro, 1 (to get ready)2. prōvĭdeo, vīdi, sum, 2 (foll. by dat. or acc. of object; also de and abl.3. in familiar lang., vĭdeo, 2II. To supply; praebeo, 2B. Intrans.I. To make provisionII. To enact, require; as a legal document does • provide: A. Trans.: I. To procure beforehand: 1. păro, 1 (to get ready): p. whatever is necessary to be p.d, quod parato opus est, para, Ter. Andr. 3, 2, 43: to p. a refuge for old age, subsidium senectuti p., Cic. Att. 1, 10, med. So comps. comparo, praeparo, 1: v. to prepare. 2. prōvĭdeo, vīdi, sum, 2 (foll. by dat. or acc. of object; also de and abl.: strictly, to take thought for, hence by implication, to procure): to p. provisions (for an army), rei frumentariae p., Caes. B. G. 5, 8: also, rem frumentariam p., id. B. G. 6, 9; de re frumentaria p., id. B. C. 3, 34. (N.B.--The accusative only should be used in the case of a neut. pron., e. g. ea quae ad usum navium pertinent p., id. B. G. 3, 9: Cic.) 3. in familiar lang., vĭdeo, 2: to p. a meal for any one, prandium alicui videre, Cic. Att. 5, 1: Ter.: cf. Cic. Att. 16, 1, navem idoneam ut habeas diligenter videndum est (= you must be careful to provide). II. To supply; praebeo, 2: v. to furnish, supply. B. Intrans.: I. To make provision: expr. by prōvĭdeo, consŭlo, with dat. of person expressed: cf. Cic. N. D. 1, 2, 4, [a Diis] vitae hominum consuli et provideri: cf. foll. artt. II. To enact, require; as a legal document does: jŭbeo, 2: v. to direct, require.