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2 زوّدهُ ذ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَزْوِيدٌ; (KL;) as also ↓ ازداهُ , (K,) inf. n. إِِزْوَادٌ; (TA;) and ↓ زَادَهُ , inf. n. زَوْدٌ; (MF;) He furnished him with, or gave him, provisions (S, Msb, K, * KL) for travelling [or for a fixed residence]. (S, Msb.) [It is doubly trans.:] you say, زَوَّدَهُمْ مِلْءَ المَزَاوِدِ [He furnished them with what filled the provision-bags for travelling-provision]: (A:) and زوّدهُ الزَّيْتُ [He furnished him with olive-oil for travelling-provision]. (S in art. زيت.) And Aboo-Khirásh says, “ وَقَدْ يَأْتِيكَ بِالأَخْبَارِ مَنْ لَا
تُجَهِّزُ بِالحِذَآءِ وَلَا تُزِيدُ
” [And sometimes, or often, he will bring thee tidings whom thou wilt not furnish with the sandal nor furnish with travelling-provisions]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] زَوَّدْتُهُ كِتَابًا (tropical:) [I provided him with a letter]. (A, TA.)

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