prōvīsĭo, ōnis, f. [provideo].
I A foreseeing , foreknowing : provisio animi, Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 30.—
II Foresight , providence : genus longā animi provisione fugiendum, Cic. Or. 56, 189.—
III Forethought , precaution for a thing: posteri temporis, Cic. Part. 20, 69: annonaria, i. e. a providing with provisions , purveying , Treb. Poll. XXX. Tyr. 18.—
2 Hindrance , prevention of a thing: horum incommodorum una cautio est atque una provisio, ut, etc., Cic. Lael. 21, 78.