Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prevent"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Prevent \Pre*vent"\, v. i.
To come before the usual time. [Obs.]

Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early.
--Bacon.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

prevent
v 1: keep from happening of arising; have the effect of
preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"
[syn: {forestall}, {foreclose}, {preclude}, {forbid}]
2: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state;
"We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring
kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating
the marbles" [syn: {keep}] [ant: {let}]

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