n. The state or quality of being impreventable; inevitability. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not preventable; inevitable. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. & i. To prove. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Proof. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. prévenance. ] (Metaph.) A going before; anticipation in sequence or order. “The law of prevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence.” Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness. [ Obs. ] Sterne. [ 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 ]
n. The act of going before; anticipation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. praeveniens, p. pr. ] Going before; preceding; hence, preventive. “Prevenient grace descending.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. Bk. of Common Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To come before the usual time. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being preventable. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being prevented or hindered;
n. That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Preventer bolts,
Preventer plates
Preventer stay. (Naut.)
adv. So as to prevent or hinder. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. prévention. ]
The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Tending to prevent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. préventif. ]
Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Physic is either curative or preventive. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Preventive service,
n. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a preventive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Reprieve, v. t. ] To reprove. [ Obs. ] “Repreve him of his vice.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Reproof. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.