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 or prevent.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

French prévenir, Latin praevenire. See prevent.

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