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noun

Prevention n.

The act of going, or state of being, before. (Obs.) "The greater the distance, the greater the prevention."

Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. (Obs.)

The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. "Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention."

Prejudice; prepossession. (A Gallicism)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Prevention" Quotes from Famous Books

... frame illustrated the effects of nervous suffering as seen in the face; the right-hand frame exhibited the ravages of insanity from the same point of view; while the space between was occupied by an elegantly illuminated scroll, bearing inscribed on it the time-honored motto, 'Prevention is better ...

— Armadale • Wilkie Collins

... creatures died, distracted as they were by the internal tumult of conflicting memories. But they must have suffered greatly; and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals may perhaps think it worth while to keep an eye even on the embryos of hybrids and first crosses. Five hundred creatures puzzled to death is not a pleasant subject for contemplation. ...

— Life and Habit • Samuel Butler

... and many other things are subjected to the same dangerous process. [Footnote: House Reports, Third Session, Forty-sixth Congress, 1880-81, Vol. i, Report No. 199: 1. The committee drafted a bill for the prevention of these frauds; ...

— Great Fortunes from Railroads • Gustavus Myers

... Coburn. New, revised and enlarged edition. The breeding, rearing, and management of swine, and the prevention and treatment of their diseases. It is the fullest and freshest compendium relating to swine breeding ...

— The Peanut Plant - Its Cultivation And Uses • B. W. Jones

... Bowles with "suggesting" that Pope "attempted" to commit "a rape" upon Lady M. Wortley Montague. There are two reasons why this could not be true. The first is, that like the chaste Letitia's prevention of the intended ravishment by Fireblood (in Jonathan Wild), it might have been impeded by a timely compliance. The second is, that however this might be, Pope was probably the less robust of the two; and (if the Lines ...

— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 (of 6) - With his Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore

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