All 3 Uses of
providence
in
Wuthering Heights
- The red cow didn't die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations!'†
p. 10.5 *
- I had risen in angry rebellion against Providence.†
p. 72.2providence = resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky
- 'Resign her to God as it is, sir,' I answered, 'and if we should lose you — which may He forbid — under His providence, I'll stand her friend and counsellor to the last.†
p. 187.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(providence as in: divine providence) resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky -- especially with regard to when something happened
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely providence may mean to prepare for the future. This is the sense that relates more directly to provident or improvident.