Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Provident

Provident , adjective

[Latin providens, -entis, present participle of providere: compare French provident. See Provide, and compare Prudent.]

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