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One who makes provision; a purveyor. [R.] De Foe.

thority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. "Kingdoms and provinces." Shak.

Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M. Arnold.

One who lives in a province; a provincial.

The quality or state of being provincial; peculiarity of language characteristic of a province. T. Warton.

To render provincial. M. Arnold.

In a provincial manner.

To convert into a province or provinces. [Obs.] Howell.

To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation. [Obs.] Johnson.

The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Shak.

Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.

By way of provision for the time being; temporarily. Locke.

Provisional. Burke.

nt, or other writing, by which a condition is introduced, usually beginning with the word provided; a conditional stipulation that affects an agreement, contract, law, grant, or the like; as, the contract was impaired by its proviso. He doth deny his prisoners, But with proviso and exception. Shak.

One who provides; a purveyor. [Obs.] "The chief provisor of our horse." Ford.

In a provisory manner; conditionally; subject to a proviso; as, to admit a doctrine provisorily. Sir W. Hamilton.

The office or position of a provisor. [R.] J. Webster.

Of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause.

The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger. Fabyan.