Definition of Previntive
Pre*vent"ive (?), a. [Cf. F.
préventif.] 1. Going before;
preceding. [Obs.]
Any previous counsel or preventive
understanding. Cudworth.
2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating;
preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of
disease.
Physic is either curative or
preventive. Sir T. Browne.
Preventive service, the duty performed by the
armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng]
Pre*vent"ive, n. That which
prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in
medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- that prevent, hinders or acts as an obstacle
- carried out to deter military aggression
- slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic
- something that prevents, or acts as an obstacle
- something that slows the development of an illness
- a contraceptive
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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