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pourvoir.

to equip, provide, endow someone

8 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/puʁ.vwaʁ/
  1. to equip, provide, endow someone

    transitive
  2. to fill (a seat, job vacancy)

    transitive
  3. to provide

    intransitive
  4. to provide oneself

    pronominal
  5. to appeal

    pronominal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French pourveoir, from Old French porveoir (whence English purvey), from Latin prōvideō (whence English provide), from prō- + videō.

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