"provisive" meaning in English

See provisive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more provisive [comparative], most provisive [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} provisive (comparative more provisive, superlative most provisive)
  1. Serving to provide something.
    Sense id: en-provisive-en-adj-GJ0smO3V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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        {
          "ref": "1856, Andrew Jackson McBride, Light from the Spirit World (page 186)",
          "text": "The one provisive, the other recipient. The one the agent that acts, the other the object acted upon."
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