Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PROV'I-DENCE
IM-PROV'I-DENCE, n. [L. in and providens, providentia, from pro, before, and video, to see.]
Want of providence or forecast; neglect of foresight, or of the measures which foresight might dictate for safety or advantage. Half the inconveniences and losses which men suffer, are the effects of improvidence.
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