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 providing
 假若;倘若

 Pro·vide v. t. [imp. & p. p. Provided; p. pr. & vb. n. Providing.]
 1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. “Provide us all things necessary.”
 2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.
 Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit
 As the kind, hospitable woods provide.   --Milton.
 3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with. “And yet provided him of but one.” --Jer. Taylor. “Rome . . . was well provided with corn.” --Arbuthnot.
 4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
 5. To foresee.
 Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.]
 6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.