Lewis Short
prōvīsĭo (noun F) : provideo.
* A foreseeing, foreknowing: provisio animi,Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, 30.
* Foresight, providence: genus longā animi provisione fugiendum,Cic. Or. 56, 189.
* Forethought, precaution for a thing: posteri temporis,Cic. Part. 20, 69: annonaria, i. e. a providing with provisions, purveying, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 18.
* Hindrance, prevention of a thing: horum incommodorum una cautio est atque una provisio, ut, etc.,Cic. Lael. 21, 78.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary