Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 138
Protruding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Protrude
Protrude (v. i.) 伸出，突出 To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
The parts protrude beyond the skin. -- Bacon.
Protrude (v. t.) 使伸出，使突出 To thrust forward; to drive or force along. -- Locke.
Protrude (v. t.) To thrust out, as through a narrow orifice or from confinement; to cause to come forth.
When . . . Spring protrudes the bursting gems. -- Thomson.
Protrude (v.) Extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff" [syn: stick out, protrude, jut out, jut, project].
Protrude (v.) Bulge outward; "His eyes popped" [syn: start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out].
Protrude (v.) Swell or protrude outwards; "His stomach bulged after the huge meal" [syn: bulge, pouch, protrude].
Protrusile (a.) （如舌頭等）能伸展的 Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive.
Protrusile (a.) Capable of being thrust forward, as the tongue [syn: protrusile, protrusible].
Protrusion (n.) 推出；突出；突出物 The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.
Protrusion (n.) The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.
Protrusion (n.) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
Protrusion (n.) The act of projecting out from something [syn: protrusion, projection, jut, jutting].
Protrusive (a.) 推出的；突出的；惹眼的 Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. -- E. Darwin.
Protrusive (a.) Capable of being protruded; protrusile.
Protrusive (a.) Thrusting outward [ant: intrusive].
Protrusive (a.) Tending to protrude or project outward.
‘His protrusive eyes are abnormally sensitive to light.’
Protrusive (a.) Thrusting or propelling forward.
Protrusively (adv.) In a protrusive manner.
Protuberance (n.) 突起，瘤，結節 That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.
Solar protuberances (Astron.), Certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a solar eclipse. They may be discovered with the spectroscope on any clear day. Called also solar prominences. See Illust. in Append.
Syn: Projection, Protuberance. protuberance differs from projection, being applied to parts that rise from the surface with a gradual ascent or small angle; whereas a projection may be at a right angle with the surface.
Protuberance (n.) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence].
Protuberance (n.) The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly".
Protuberance (n.) A usually rounded part that sticks out from a surface.
Protuberance (n.) The quality or state of being protuberant.
Protuberance (n.) Something that is protuberant <a bony protuberance>.
Protuberance (n.) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: {bulge}, {bump}, {hump}, {swelling}, {gibbosity}, {gibbousness}, {jut}, {prominence}, {protuberance}, {protrusion}, {extrusion}, {excrescence}].
Protuberance (n.) The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly".
Protuberancy (n.) The quality or state of being protuberant; protuberance; prominence.
Protuberant (a.) 突起的；隆起的；顯著的 Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye. -- Pro*tu"ber*ant*ly, adv.
Protuberant (a.) Curving outward [syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant].
Protuberate (v. i.) 突出 To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out. -- S. Sharp.
Protuberate (v.) Cause to bulge out or project.
Protuberate (v.) Form a rounded prominence; "The starved child's belly protuberated".
Protuberation (n.) The act of swelling beyond the surrounding surface. -- Cooke (1615).
Protuberous (a.) Protuberant. [R.]
Protureter (n.) (Anat.) The duct of a pronephros. -- Haeckel.
Protyle (n.) (Chem. & Astron.) The hypothetical homogeneous cosmic material of the original universe, supposed to have been differentiated into what are recognized as distinct chemical elements.
Proud (a.) 驕傲的，有自尊心的；傲慢的，自負的；自豪的，得意的 Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as:
Proud (a.) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
Nor much expect A foe so proud will first the weaker seek. -- Milton.
O death, made proud with pure and princely beauty ! -- Shak.
And shades impervious to the proud world's glare. -- Keble.
Proud (a.) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country. "Proud to be checked and soothed." -- Keble.
Are we proud men proud of being proud ? -- Thackeray.
Proud (a.) Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious. "Of shadow proud." -- Chapman. "Proud titles." -- Shak. " The proud temple's height." -- Dryden.
Till tower, and dome, and bridge-way proud Are mantled with a golden cloud. -- Keble.
Proud (a.) Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals. -- Sir T. Browne.
Note: Proud is often used with participles in the formation of compounds which, for the most part, are self-explaining; as, proud-crested, proud-minded, proud-swelling.
Proud flesh (Med.), A fungous growth or excrescence of granulations resembling flesh, in a wound or ulcer.
Proud (a.) Feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes" [ant: humble]
Proud (a.) Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks" [syn: gallant, lofty, majestic, proud].
Proudish (a.) Somewhat proud. -- Ash.
Proudling (n.) A proud or haughty person. -- Sylvester.
Proudly (adv.) In a proud manner; with lofty airs or mien; haughtily; arrogantly; boastfully.
Proudly he marches on, and void of fear. -- Addison.
Proudly (adv.) With pride; in a proud manner; "he walked proudly into town".
Proudness (n.) The quality of being proud; pride.
Set aside all arrogancy and proudness. -- Latimer.
Proustite (n.) (Min.) A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver.
Provable (a.) Capable of being proved; demonstrable.
Provand (n.) Alt. of Proant
Proant (n.) Provender or food. [Obs.]
One pease was a soldier's provant a whole day. -- Beau. & Fl.
Provant (v. t.) To supply with provender or provisions; to provide for. [Obs.] -- Nash.
Provant (a.) Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior. "A poor provant rapier." -- B. Jonson.
Compare: Provender
Provender (n.) 糧草；秣；【謔】食物 [Dated] Animal fodder.
‘To raise the prices of provender for cattle, importation has been severely curtailed.’
Provender (n.) (Humorous) Food.
‘There's no one to carry your provender in brown paper bags to the boot of your car.’
Prove (v. i.) 證明是；原來是 [L] To make trial; to essay.
Prove (v. i.) To be found by experience, trial, or result; to turn out to be; as, a medicine proves salutary; the report proves false. "The case proves mortal." -- Arbuthnot.
So life a winter's morn may prove. -- Keble.
Prove (v. i.) To succeed; to turn out as expected. [Obs.] "The experiment proved not." -- Bacon.
Proved (imp. & p. p.) of Prove
Proving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prove
Prove (v. t.) 證明，證實 [+（that）] [O8] [O2]；表現，顯示 [O8] [O9] [O2]；查驗；檢驗 To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard measure.
Thou hast proved mine heart. -- Ps. xvii. 3.
Prove (v. t.) To evince, establish, or ascertain, as truth, reality, or fact, by argument, testimony, or other evidence.
They have inferred much from slender premises, and conjectured when they could not prove. -- J . H. Newman.
Prove (v. t.) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify; as, to prove a will.
Prove (v. t.) To gain experience of the good or evil of; to know by trial; to experience; to suffer.
Where she, captived long, great woes did prove. -- Spenser.
Prove (v. t.) (Arith.) To test, evince, ascertain, or verify, as the correctness of any operation or result; thus, in subtraction, if the difference between two numbers, added to the lesser number, makes a sum equal to the greater, the correctness of the subtraction is proved.
Prove (v. t.) (Printing) To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of; as, to prove a page.
Syn: To try; verify; justify; confirm; establish; evince; manifest; show; demonstrate.
Prove (v.) Be shown or be found to be; "She proved to be right"; "The medicine turned out to save her life"; "She turned up HIV positive" [syn: prove, turn out, turn up].
Prove (v.) Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate, establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove].
Prove (v.) Provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence" [syn: testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show].
Prove (v.) Prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof.
Prove (v.) Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay]
Prove (v.) Increase in volume; "the dough rose slowly in the warm room" [syn: rise, prove].
Prove (v.) Cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn: raise, leaven, prove].
Prove (v.) Take a trial impression of.
Prove (v.) Obtain probate of; "prove a will".
Provect (a.) Carried forward; advanced.
Provection (n.) A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.
Proveditor (n.) One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another.
Provedore (n.) A proveditor; a purveyor.
Proven (p. p. or a.) Proved. "Accusations firmly proven in his mind." --Thackeray.
Of this which was the principal charge, and was generally believed to beproven, he was acquitted. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Not proven (Scots Law), A verdict of a jury that the guilt of the accused is not made out, though not disproved. -- Mozley & W.
Proven (a.) 被證明的；prove的動詞過去分詞 Established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness" [syn: proved, proven] [ant: unproved, unproven].
Provencal (a.) 普羅旺斯的；普羅旺斯人（語）的 Of or pertaining to Provence or its inhabitants.
Provencal (n.) [F.] 普羅旺斯人（語） A native or inhabitant of Provence in France.
Provencal (n.) The Provencal language. See Langue d'oc.
Provencal (a.) Of or relating to Provence or its people or their culture.
Provencal (n.) The medieval dialects of Langue d'oc (southern France) [syn: Provencal, Occitan].
Provencal, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000): 708
Housing Units (2000): 308
Land area (2000): 2.463445 sq. miles (6.380293 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.463445 sq. miles (6.380293 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62770
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 31.654131 N, 93.200984 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 71468
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Provencal, LA
Provencal
Provence rose () The cabbage rose (Rosa centifolia).
Provence rose () A name of many kinds of roses which are hybrids of Rosa centifolia and R. Gallica.
Provencial (a.) Of or pertaining to Provence in France.
Provend (n.) See Provand.
Provender (n.) Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed.
Provender (n.) Food or provisions.
Provent (n.) See Provand.
Proventricle (n.) Proventriculus.
Proventriulus (n.) The glandular stomach of birds, situated just above the crop.
Prover (n.) One who, or that which, proves.
Proverb (n.) An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage. -- Chaucer. Bacon.
Proverb (n.) A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. -- John xvi. 29.
Proverb (n.) A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations. -- Deut. xxviii. 37.
Proverb (n.) A drama exemplifying a proverb.
Book of Proverbs, A canonical book of the Old Testament, containing a great variety of wise maxims.
Syn: Maxim; aphorism; apothegm; adage; saw.
Proverb (v. t.) To name in, or as, a proverb. [R.]
Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ? -- Milton.
Proverb (v. t.) To provide with a proverb. [R.]
I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase. -- Shak.
Proverb (v. i.) To write or utter proverbs. [R.]
Proverb (n.) A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword].
Proverb, () A trite maxim; a similitude; a parable. The Hebrew word thus rendered (mashal) has a wide signification. It comes from a root meaning "to be like," "parable." Rendered "proverb" in Isa. 14:4; Hab. 2:6; "dark saying" in Ps. 49:4, Num. 12:8. Ahab's defiant words in answer to the insolent demands of Benhadad, "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," is a well known instance of a proverbial saying (1 Kings 20:11).
Proverbial (a.) Mentioned or comprised in a proverb; used as a proverb; hence, commonly known; as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial.
In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. -- Sir W. Temple.
Proverbial (a.) Of or pertaining to proverbs; resembling a proverb. "A proverbial obscurity." -- Sir T. Browne.
Proverbial (a.) Of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb; "he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the proverbial grasshopper".
Proverbial (a.) Widely known and spoken of; "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde".
Proverbialism (n.) A proverbial phrase.
Proverbialist (n.) One who makes much use of proverbs in speech or writing; one who composes, collects, or studies proverbs.
Proverbialize (v. t. & v. i.) To turn into a proverb; to speak in proverbs.
Proverbially (adv.) In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy.
Proverbially (adv.) In the manner of something that has become a byword; "this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood".
Provexity (n.) Great advance in age.
Provided (imp. & p. p.) of Provide
Providing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provide
Provide (v. t.) To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
Provide (v. t.) To supply; to afford; to contribute.
Provide (v. t.) To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
Provide (v. t.) To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
Provide (v. t.) To foresee.
Provide (v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
Provide (v. i.) To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.
Provide (v. i.) To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
Provided (conj.) On condition; 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.
Providence (n.) [U] 遠見，遠慮；天意，天命；天佑 The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
Providence for war is the best prevention of it. -- Bacon.
Providence (n.) Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. -- Milton.
Providence (n.) (Theol.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
He that hath a numerous family, and many to provide for, needs a greater providence of God. -- Jer. Taylor.
Providence (n.) Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
It is a high point of providence in a prince to cast an eye rather upon actions than persons. -- Quarles.
Providence (n.) The capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University [syn: Providence, capital of Rhode Island].
Providence (n.) The guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence".
Providence (n.) A manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures.
Providence (n.) The prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources [ant: improvidence, shortsightedness].
Providence () Literally means foresight, but is generally used to denote God's preserving and governing all things by means of second causes (Ps. 18:35; 63:8; Acts 17:28; Col. 1:17; Heb. 1:3). God's providence extends to the natural world (Ps. 104:14; 135:5-7; Acts 14:17), the brute creation (Ps. 104:21-29; Matt. 6:26; 10:29), and the affairs of men (1 Chr. 16:31; Ps. 47:7; Prov. 21:1; Job 12:23; Dan. 2:21; 4:25), and of individuals (1 Sam. 2:6; Ps. 18:30; Luke 1:53; James 4:13-15). It extends also to the free actions of men (Ex. 12:36; 1 Sam. 24:9-15; Ps. 33:14, 15; Prov. 16:1; 19:21; 20:24; 21:1), and things sinful (2 Sam. 16:10; 24:1; Rom. 11:32; Acts 4:27, 28), as well as to their good actions (Phil. 2:13; 4:13; 2 Cor. 12:9, 10; Eph. 2:10; Gal. 5:22-25).
As regards sinful actions of men, they are represented as occurring by God's permission (Gen. 45:5; 50:20. Comp. 1 Sam. 6:6; Ex. 7:13; 14:17; Acts 2:3; 3:18; 4:27, 28), and as controlled (Ps. 76:10) and overruled for good (Gen. 50:20; Acts 3:13). God does not cause or approve of sin, but only limits, restrains, overrules it for good.
The mode of God's providential government is altogether unexplained. We only know that it is a fact that God does govern all his creatures and all their actions; that this government is universal (Ps. 103:17-19), particular (Matt. 10:29-31), efficacious (Ps. 33:11; Job 23:13), embraces events apparently contingent (Prov. 16:9, 33; 19:21; 21:1), is consistent with his own perfection (2 Tim. 2:13), and to his own glory (Rom. 9:17; 11:36).
Providence -- U.S. County in Rhode Island
Population (2000): 621602
Housing Units (2000): 253214
Land area (2000): 413.267043 sq. miles (1070.356682 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 22.557501 sq. miles (58.423658 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 435.824544 sq. miles (1128.780340 sq. km)
Located within: Rhode Island (RI), FIPS 44
Location: 41.852849 N, 71.456165 W
Headwords:
Providence
Providence, RI
Providence County
Providence County, RI
Providence, RI -- U.S. city in Rhode Island
Population (2000): 173618
Housing Units (2000): 67915
Land area (2000): 18.466726 sq. miles (47.828598 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.064515 sq. miles (5.347070 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 20.531241 sq. miles (53.175668 sq. km)
FIPS code: 59000
Located within: Rhode Island (RI), FIPS 44
Location: 41.823550 N, 71.422132 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 02903 02906 02908
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Headwords:
Providence, RI
Providence
Providence, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 3611
Housing Units (2000): 1754
Land area (2000): 6.149764 sq. miles (15.927814 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.021216 sq. miles (0.054950 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.170980 sq. miles (15.982764 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63372
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 37.398389 N, 87.757077 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 42450
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Headwords:
Providence, KY
Providence
Providence, UT -- U.S. city in Utah
Population (2000): 4377
Housing Units (2000): 1290
Land area (2000): 2.825650 sq. miles (7.318399 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.825650 sq. miles (7.318399 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62360
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 41.705087 N, 111.814214 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 84332
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Headwords:
Providence, UT
Providence
Providence, AL -- U.S. town in Alabama
Population (2000): 311
Housing Units (2000): 133
Land area (2000): 1.769297 sq. miles (4.582458 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.769297 sq. miles (4.582458 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62688
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 32.348986 N, 87.778309 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Providence, AL
Providence
Provident (a.) 有先見之明的；深謀遠慮的；節儉的 Foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing 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.
Syn: Forecasting; cautious; careful; prudent; frugal; economical.
Provident (a.) Providing carefully for the future; "wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education" [ant: improvident].
Provident (a.) Careful in regard to your own interests; "the prudent use and development of resources"; "wild squirrels are provident".
Providential (a.) Effected by, or referable to, divine direction or superintendence; as, the providential contrivance of thing; a providential escape. -- Prov"i*den"tial*ly, adv.
Providential (a.) Peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention; "a heaven-sent rain saved the crops"; "a providential recovery" [syn: heaven-sent, providential, miraculous].
Providential (a.) Relating to or characteristic of providence; "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan" -- M.R.Cohen.
Providential (a.) Resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" [syn: providential, divine].
Providential (a.) Unexpectedly and conspicuously beneficial to the person so describing it.
Providently (adv.) In a provident manner.
Providently (adv.) In a provident manner; "providently, he had saved up some money for emergencies" [ant: improvidently].
Providentness (n.) The quality or state of being provident; carefulness; prudence; economy.
Provider (n.) One who provides, furnishes, or supplies; one who procures what is wanted.
Provider (n.) Someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity [syn: supplier, provider].
Provider (n.) Someone who provides the means for subsistence
Internet Access Provider
IAP
Provider, () (IAP) A company or other origanisation which provides access to the Internet to businesses and/ or consumers. An IAP purchases an Internet link from another company that has a direct link to the Internet and resells portions of that bandwidth to the general public.
For example, an IAP may purchase a T1 link (1.544Mb/s) and resell that bandwidth in chunks consisting of ISDN (64Kb/s, 128Kb/s) and analog modems (14.4Kb/s, 28.8Kb/s). The IAP's customer base is likely to include both businesses and individuals. Individual customers usually connect to the IAP via a modem and telephone line to a (preferably local) point of presence.
An IAP may also be an Internet Service Provider.
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Providore (n.) One who makes provision; a purveyor. [R.] -- De Foe.
Province (n.) (Roman Hist.) A country or region, more or less remote from the city of Rome, brought under the Roman government; a conquered country beyond the limits of Italy. -- Wyclif (Acts xiii. 34). Milton.
Province (n.) A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital. "Kingdoms and provinces." -- Shak.
Province (n.) A region of country; a tract; a district.
Over many a tract of heaven they marched, and many a province wide. -- Milton.
Other provinces of the intellectual world. -- I. Watts.