Literary notes about provide (AI summary)
The word "provide" emerges with notable versatility in literature, functioning both in its literal sense of supplying necessities and in a broader, more figurative role. In some works, it underscores acts of careful preparation or fulfillment of duty, as when characters are assured that their needs will be met [1, 2, 3]. In other texts, it takes on a more abstract significance—conveying the idea of planning for future contingencies or bestowing intangible benefits, such as moral or intellectual support [4, 5, 6]. Its varied use, ranging from the practical provisioning of food or shelter [7, 8] to the strategic provision in political and military contexts [9, 3], reflects the rich adaptability of language over time, linking everyday acts with grander promises and obligations [10, 11].
- In this way it will be possible to provide for them with every precaution.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl - WE must provide the champagne, for you are our guest, and it is for us—it is our duty, it is our bounden obligation—to entertain you.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol - To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville - He meant to provide for me amply, and thought he had done it; but when the living fell, it was given elsewhere.”
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - And with thy gentle care provide That her fond heart, now sorely tried With fear and longing for my sake, With doubt and dread may never ache.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki - You like to have a good time, and not have to settle for it; and what I propose to do is to provide for the good time and do the settling.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - You wish to teach this child geography and you provide him with globes, spheres, and maps.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Matilda had neglected to provide herself with a Lamp.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. Lewis - The state has its reserves, the army has its own, and every corps d'armée or division should not fail to provide one.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide a man, that may be over this multitude: 27:17.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - And if he take another wife for him, he shall provide her a marriage, and raiment, neither shall he refuse the price of her chastity.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete