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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prevent  \Pre*vent"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Prevented};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Preventing}.]  [L.  praevenire  praeventum  prae  before 
  +  venire  to  come  See  {Come}.] 
  1.  To  go  before  to  precede;  hence  to  go  before  as  a  guide; 
  to  direct.  [Obs.] 
 
  We  which  are  alive  and  remain  unto  the  coming  of  the 
  Lord  shall  not  prevent  them  which  are  asleep.  --1 
  Thess.  iv  15. 
 
  We  pray  thee  that  thy  grace  may  always  prevent  and 
  follow  us  --Bk.  of 
  Common  Prayer. 
 
  Then  had  I  come  preventing  Sheba's  queen.  --Prior. 
 
  2.  To  be  beforehand  with  to  anticipate.  [Obs.] 
 
  Their  ready  guilt  preventing  thy  commands.  --Pope. 
 
  3.  To  intercept;  to  hinder;  to  frustrate;  to  stop;  to  thwart. 
  ``This  vile  purpose  to  prevent.''  --Shak. 
 
  Perhaps  forestalling  night  prevented  them  --Milton.




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