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Definition of Prevent
Prevent

To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.

To come before the usual time.

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Prevent Quotations

There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking.
Georg C. Lichtenberg

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
Albert Einstein

I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Thomas Jefferson

The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Prevent Translations

prevent in Afrikaans is voorkom
prevent in Danish is hindre, forhindre
prevent in Dutch is beletten, verhinderen, verhoeden
prevent in German is vorbeugen, verhindern, verhindern
prevent in Italian is troncare, prevenire, impedire
prevent in Latin is impedo
prevent in Spanish is impedir, retener, molestar, cautelar, prevenir


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