Definition of Previntion
Pre*ven"tion (?), n. [Cf. F.
prévention.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The act of going, or state of being, before. (Obs.)
- Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs, wishes, hazards and risks ; hence, precaution; forethought. --Hammond. Shak.
- The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. --South.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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