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prevent
English
Alternative forms
- prævent (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English preventen (“anticipate”), from Latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveni? (“I anticipate”), from prae (“before”) + veni? (“I come”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p???v?nt/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /p???v?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
- Hyphenation: pre?vent
Verb
prevent (third-person singular simple present prevents, present participle preventing, simple past and past participle prevented)
- (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]
- I brush my teeth regularly to prevent them from turning yellow.
- (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures. [from 16th c.]
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
- ‘I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it while I'm here to prevent!’
- 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew
- (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede. [16th-18th c.]
- We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
- 1928, Book of Common Prayer
- We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us.
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure
- Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen.
- (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass. [16th-17th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
- With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
- (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hinder
Derived terms
- prevent defense
- preventative
- prevention
- preventive
Translations
References
- prevent at OneLook Dictionary Search
prevent From the web:
- what prevents food from entering the trachea
- what prevents the trachea from collapsing
- what prevents blood from flowing backwards
- what prevents blood clots
- what prevents kidney stones
- what prevents lipids from mixing with water
- what prevents vitamin d absorption
- what prevents cancer
disallow
English
Etymology
From Middle English disallowen, desallowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman desalouer, Old French desalöer; synchronically analyzable as dis- +? allow.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s??la?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Verb
disallow (third-person singular simple present disallows, present participle disallowing, simple past and past participle disallowed)
- To refuse to allow
- The prisoners were disallowed to contact with a lawyer.
- To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
- The goal was disallowed because the player was offside.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:prohibit
Related terms
- disallowance
Translations
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- what is disallowed ftb eitc
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- what does disallowed key characters mean
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