Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To come or go before; precede.
- To hinder; prevent.
- To hinder; prevent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete To come before; to
anticipate . - verb obsolete To
hinder orprevent .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
French prévenir, Latin praevenire. See prevent.
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