Definition of Preving

1. preve [v] - See also: preve

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preving

prevertebral
preves
prevet
prevets
prevetted
prevetting
previable
previdential
preview
previewable
previewed
previewer
previewers
previewing
previews
preving (current term)
previous
previous(a)
previous(p)
previous question
previously
previously disadvantaged
previousness
previousnesses
previs
previse
prevised
previses
prevising
prevision

Literary usage of Preving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, with Extracts by Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) (1866)
"... gene- rall at Perth, for preving ... thai succumb in preving the said ... he succumb in preving the said allegeance, ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1876)
"... by ordinary nse^frte of chu rgt, We would call »Mention to л PARTICULAR feature in this Press. It is that the preving-plate receives the pressure in ..."

3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1910)
"... as 'II Soggetto reale,' in one place, and 'Thema regium' in another; thus preving conclusively that he considered the two terms as interchangeable. ..."

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