provident

provident
provident, ente
(pro-vi-dan, dan-t') adj.
Terme de philosophie. Qui est doué de l'attribut appelé providence.
   ....Et soient bénis les dieux, Dont le soin provident me ramène en ces lieux !, ROTROU Sosies, II, 3.
   XVIe s.
   Provident et bien advisé, CHARRON Sagesse, p. 318, dans LACURNE.
   Lat. providentem (voy. providence).

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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