proveer

/pɾobeˈeɾ/ · B2 · verb

to provide, purvey, supply, equip, furnish

📦 pro- (forth) + veer (see ahead) = see to it supplies come forth

From Latin providēre, 'to foresee': pro- (forward) + vidēre (to see). Same root as English provide and provision. To foresee a need is to supply it, and to foresee an outcome is to settle or decide it. Note the irregular past participle: provisto/proveído.

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