v. To prepare in advance (for or to do something); to plan, make provision.
v. To furnish or provide.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To furnish or provide, as with a convenience, provisions, or the like.
v. To procure; to get.
verb-intransitive. To purchase provisions; to provide; to make provision.
verb-intransitive. To pander; -- with to.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To foresee.
To provide; supply; furnish; especially (in modern use), to provide or supply provisions or other necessaries for (a number of persons).
To provide; make provision; purchase or supply provisions, especially for a number.
To pander: with to.
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v. supply with provisions
Word Usage
"And yet you say that both pedophiles and terrorists are the "bogeymen used by the government" and yet it was you that brought up the question of the scanners being "purvey"."