Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prevention"

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) 1.7 (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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