premise: to <mask> a family with provisions; to <mask> one with arms for defense; to <mask> a Cable; to <mask> the mind with ideas; to <mask> one with knowledge or principles; to <mask> an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
hypothesis: the best context for <mask> here is To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; but not To point at or out with the finger..