[kān] (n) EN: event ; circumstances ; situation ; causeFR: évènement [ m ] ; circonstance [ f ] ; situation [ f ] ; fondement [ m ] ; cause [ m ] ; raison [ f ]
n. 1. One who, or that which makes even. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. [ F. prévenir, L. praevenire. See Prevent. ] To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent. [ Obs. ] Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]