providence Copy link • providence: prōvĭdentia (forethought, precaution): used by Sen. of the Deity, N. Q. 2, 45: cf. treatise, De Providentia, init. Or expr. by verb: he whose p. watches over this world, (ille) cujus consilio huic mundo providetur, Sen. l. c.: there is a p. which watches over man, *est homo Dis (Deo) curae; profecto curat regitque humana Deus.