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One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.

So as to prevent or hinder.

t of going, or state of being, before. [Obs.] The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. Bacon.

Tending to prevent. [Obs.]

Going before; preceding. [Obs.] Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. Cudworth.

In a preventive manner.

Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.

To prove. [Obs. or Scot.]

To develop again; specif. (Photog.),

an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc. Chaucer. Piers Plowman.

rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height. Sir W. Scott.

The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release. [Archaic.]

One who, or that which, relieves.

To remove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To reprove. [Obs.] "Repreve him of his vice." Chaucer.

f; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days. He reprieves the sinnner from time to time. Rogers.

To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence. With late repentance now they would retrieve The bodies they forsook, and wish to live. Dryden

Retrieval.

One who retrieves.

An officer, steward, or governor. [Usually written reeve.] [Obs.] Piers Plowman.