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In literature, the word “provided” serves dual functions that enrich narrative detail and establish conditional relationships. On one hand, it is often used in a literal sense to indicate that someone or something is furnished, supplied, or cared for—as seen when a character is “provided for” with ample resources or necessary items, like tea in Grant’s quarters [1] or breakfast in the bakehouse [2]. On the other hand, “provided” introduces conditions essential to the narrative or dialogue, acting much like “if” to set a stipulation, as in “provided that I succeed” [3] or “provided only that we get out at last” [4]. Thus, from ancient texts such as the Mahabharata [5, 6] to modern novels by authors like Jane Austen [7] and E.M. Forster [8], “provided” is key to expressing both the act of provision and the conditional terms that drive character motivations and plot developments.
  1. Having made a good, long, social visit, we took our leave and returned to General Grant's quarters, where Mrs. Grant had provided tea.
    — from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman
  2. Jude, finding the general attention again centering on himself, went out to the bakehouse, where he ate the cake provided for his breakfast.
    — from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
  3. “I agree to pay you that sum provided that I succeed in making the augmentation myself with such matter as you name to me, which I will purchase.”
    — from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
  4. "What does it matter, some hours more or less, provided we get out at last?" "Yes," repeated Ned Land, "provided we do get out at last!"
    — from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
  5. And having seen the hamlets and the cowpens provided for his son and having also beheld Santa, his great resentment was appeased.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  6. By me, however, hath the remedy been provided beforehand.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  7. A young party is always provided with a shady lane.
    — from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
  8. Give me a man—of course, provided he’s clean.”
    — from A Room with a View by E. M. Forster

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