prevent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prevent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for prevent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prevent v keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" Synonym(s): prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid stop (someone or something) 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" Synonym(s): prevent, keep Antonym(s): allow, let, permit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prevent \Prevent"\, 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. [bd]This vile purpose to prevent.[b8] --Shak. Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prevent \Prevent"\, v. i. To come before the usual time. [Obs.] Strawberries . . . will prevent* and come early. --Bacon.