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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Prevention' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Prevention \Pre*ven"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr[82]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. | |
