provident

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PROV'IDENT, adjective Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; forecasting; cautious; prudent in preparing for future exigences; as a provident man; a provident animal. The parsimonious emmet, provident Of future. Orange is what Augustus was, Brave, wary, provident and bold.
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