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Not provident; wanting foresight or forethought; not foreseeing or providing for the future; negligent; thoughtless; as, an improvident man. Improvident soldires! had your watch been good, This sudden mischief never could have fallen. Shak.

Improvidently. [R.]

In a improvident manner. "Improvidently rash." Drayton.

Undivided. [R.] Bp. Patrick.

Want of evidence; obscurity. [Obs.] Barrow.

Not evident; not clear or obvious; obscure.

To divide wrongly.

Too provident.

To provide beforehand. "The materials preprovided." Fuller.

ce; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. "Provide us all things necessary." Shak.

ondition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever. Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to their truth. G. H. Lewes.

of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation. Providence for war is the best prevention of it. Bacon.

eparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future. And of our good and of our dignity, How provident he is. Milton.

Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape. -- Prov"i*den"tial*ly, adv.

In a provident manner.

The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy.

One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.

To divide anew.

The quality or state of being self-evident. Locke.

Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth. -- Self`-ev"i*dent*ly, adv.