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Definition of Prevened
1. prevene [v] - See also: prevene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevened
Literary usage of Prevened
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1890)
"... and sent for me so suddenly as the information some of the favourers of the
fanatics are to send may be prevened' (ib. p. 188) ; and on 24 Feb. ..."
2. A Narrative of Travels in the United States of America: With Some Account of by William O'Bryan (1836)
"Another demanded a shilling of my companion, who was about to g,ve it !,„„, but
1 prevened it. knowing it was a base imposition. They then raged, and said, ..."
3. Memorials and Letters Illustrative of the Life and Times of John Graham of by Mark Napier (1862)
"... so suddenly as the information some of the favourers of the fanatics are to
send may be prevened, which will extremely facilitate the executing of them. ..."
4. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"If thy indulgent care Had not prevened, among unbodied shades I now had wander'd,
and these empty thoughts Of apples perish'd; but upraised by thee I tune ..."
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