All 6 Uses of
providence
in
The Crucible
- PUTNAM: It is a providence the thing is out now!
p. 13.3 *providence = resulting from God's intervention or plan
- It is a providence.
p. 13.4providence = resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky
- It is a providence, and no great change; we are only what we always were, but naked now.
p. 81.1
- It is a providence.
p. 125.6
- DANFORTH: Why—this is indeed a providence.
p. 125.9
- HATHORNE, with a mystical tone: God be praised! It is a providence! He rushes out the door, and his voice is heard calling down the corridor: He will confess!
p. 137.9
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.