单词 | provise |
释义 | † provisen. Obsolete. Something provided or arranged beforehand; a provision, stipulation, or proviso. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being prepared or ready > that which is prepared beforehand provision?c1430 provise1476 purvey?1516 purvision1570 provisal1641 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > reservation, proviso > making particular condition clausec1374 specialty1444 provision1450 provise1476 1476 in Archaeologia (1887) 50 50 (MED) Here is the Copye of the provyse [margin this prouiso most be taken hede of at euery parlyament whan eny Resumpcions be] for the lyuelote of the churche. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng xi. f. 22 The grauntour maye make a prouycion in his graunt... And this prouyse had, the landes be charged and the person discharged. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Miii/2 A Prouise, prouisum i. 1615 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) IV. 196 Still reserving the one eare to the pairtie accused, whereof I have found the particular prowise [ed. prowife]..in that your maiestie wes pleased nott to trust what ves vttered vntill trayll wes taiken therof. 1637 T. Jackson Diverse Serm. 25 The Prince, or Iudge, that would grant, or promise a malefactor..his life upon condition, or provise, that hee should restore the party whom he had slaine to life againe, would be thought rather to mocke him than shew mercy to him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † provisev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To foresee; = provide v. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > foresee or foreknow [verb (transitive)] fore-witc888 foreseec1000 foreshowc1000 seea1200 forelook1340 purvey1340 before-knowa1425 providea1450 previdec1475 provisec1475 foreknow1530 expect1595 previse1597 preview1607 precognize1612 prospect1652 fore-viewa1711 prevision1868 presee1890 c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 178 Men provesyde be-fore þat the vyntage..shulde come ovyr Scheters Hylle. 1625 W. Yonge Diary July (1848) 84 A fleet of seven or nine Hollanders not far from, provising some disturbance in their ships, drew near. 2. transitive. To provide, arrange, or supply beforehand; to make provision for. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide beforehand foreseec900 purveyc1330 provise1484 prepare1535 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i. iv. f. xxxiij The dogge prouysed and broughte with hym fals wytnes [Fr. Le chien voulut produire faulx tesmoingz]. 1543 Linlithgow Burgh Court 27 Apr. The said jugis exceppit the said mater vpone thame and to deliuer thair intill alsson as thaj may provys. 1639 W. Adlington tr. Apuleius XI Bookes of Golden Asse vii. viv. 143 The death, which the theeves provised for me and the maiden. 1659 R. Brathwait Panthalia 209 It is never too soon to prevent an ensuing mishap (said Panthalia) especially in an Assay of such high concerne; the success whereof, if prudently entertain'd, proviseth a continuall holy-day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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