2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prevention \Pre*ven"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]vention.]
1. The act of going, or state of being before [Obs.]
The greater the distance, the greater the
prevention. --Bacon.
2. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes;
hence precaution; forethought. [Obs.] --Hammond. Shak.
3. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action
access or approach; thwarting. --South.
Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. --Shak.
4. Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] --Dryden.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prevention
n 1: the act of preventing [syn: {bar}]
2: control by preventing the occurrence of something "money
was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
influenza"
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