Seems to provide various papers with an article (7)
I believe the answer is:
appears
'seems' is the definition.
('appear' can be a synonym of 'seem')
'various papers with an article' is the wordplay.
'various' indicates an anagram.
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'an article' becomes 'a' (indefinite article).
'papers' anagrammed gives 'appers'.
'appers' enclosing 'a' is 'APPEARS'.
'to provide' is the link.
(Other definitions for appears that I've seen before include "Seems" , "Materialises" , "Becomes visible" , "Comes into sight" , "is exhibited" .)