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provisory
adjective
[ prəˈvʌɪz(ə)ri ]
• subject to a proviso; conditional.
• provisional.
Origin:
early 17th century: from French provisoire or medieval Latin provisorius, from provis- ‘foreseen, attended to’, from the verb providere (see provide).
