Usually means: To come before something else.
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  1. prevene: Merriam-Webster
  2. prevene: Collins English Dictionary
  3. prevene: Wordnik
  4. prevene: Wiktionary
  5. Prevene: Dictionary.com
  6. Prevene: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. prevene: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Prevene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. prevene: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. prevene: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Prevene: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. prevene: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prevene)

▸ verb:  (obsolete) To come before; to anticipate.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To hinder or prevent.

Similar:
prevent, forecome, prefigure, previse, forestall, come before, preoccupate, anticipate, forebring, antecede, more...

Opposite:
cause, promote, facilitate, encourage

Types:
deter, forestall, obviate, avert, more...

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Similar:
prevent, forecome, prefigure, previse, forestall, come before, preoccupate, anticipate, forebring, antecede, more...

Opposite:
cause, promote, facilitate, encourage

Types:
deter, forestall, obviate, avert, more...



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