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Definition of Prevenient
1. Adjective. In anticipation.
Similar to: Antecedent
Derivative terms: Anticipate, Anticipate, Anticipate
Definition of Prevenient
1. a. Going before; preceding; hence, preventive.
Definition of Prevenient
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to prevenience ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prevenient
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevenient
Literary usage of Prevenient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One Hundred Chapel-talks to Theological Students: Together with Two by Augustus Hopkins Strong (1913)
"prevenient GRACE THE'old theologians talked of " prevenient grace"— grace that
lays hold of us before we know it, and prepares us for the emergencies of the ..."
2. ... Christ's Service of Love by Hugh Black (1907)
"XX prevenient GRACE Thau, hatl given him hi* heart's desire, and halt not withholden
the request of his lips. For Thou prevented him with the Nessing* ..."
3. Hebrew Theism : the Common Basis of Judaism, Christianity, and Mohammedism by Francis William Newman (1874)
"... Therefore his affection precedes that of man, and is " prevenient; " Therefore
also must its eye glance beyond the present to the future. ..."
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