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providing

/pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/ conjunction C2
  1. Synonym of provided
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Darcy gave him a voluntary promise of providing for me, I am convinced that he felt it to be as much a debt of gratitude to _him_ as of affection to myself.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 91 · B2
He was himself red-headed, and he had a great sympathy for all red-headed men; so, when he died, it was found that he had left his enormous fortune in the hands of trustees, with instructions to apply the interest to the providing of easy berths to men whose hair is of that colour.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 8 · B2
The delighted builder then offered his services in providing a suitable crew for the little vessel, but this Dantès declined with many thanks, saying he was accustomed to cruise about quite alone, and his principal pleasure consisted in managing his yacht himself; the only thing the builder could oblige him in would be to contrive a sort of secret closet in the cabin at his bed’s head, the closet to contain three divisions, so constructed as to be concealed from all but himself.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 269 · C1
Your kind attention, in providing for the safety of the baroness by disposing of the horses, does not seem to have made the least impression on her.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 489 · C1

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