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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].
  1. In this way it will be possible to provide for them with every precaution.
    — from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. You wish to teach this child geography and you provide him with globes, spheres, and maps.
    — from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. Matilda had neglected to provide herself with a Lamp.
    — from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. Lewis
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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

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