prov·i·dent  (pr ŏv ĭ-d ənt, -d ĕnt ′)
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adj.1. Providing for future needs or events: "a shelter with bunks, springs only, intended for provident hikers who carried sleeping bags" (Donald Hall). 2. Frugal; economical: provident in spending money.
[Middle English, from Latin prōvidēns, prōvident-, present participle of prōvidēre, to provide for; see PROVIDE.]
provi·dent·ly adv. |
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