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Going before; preceding; hence, preventive. "Prevenient grace descending." Milton.

; to direct. [Obs.] We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. Bk. of Common Prayer. Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. Prior.

The quality or state of being preventable.

Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.

That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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.

To reclaim; to demand the restoration of. [R.] Vattel (Trans. ).

The act of revendicating. [R.] Vattel (Trans. )

al pronoun as direct object, and a preposition before thewrong done or the wrongdoer. To revenge the death of our fathers. Ld. Berners. The gods are just, and will revenge our cause. Dryden. Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius. Shak.

Capable of being revenged; as, revengeable wrong. Warner.

Vengeance; revenge. [Obs.]

Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge. If thy revengeful heart can not forgive. Shak. May my hands . . . Never brandish more rebvengeful steel. Shak.

Unrevenged. [Obs.] Marston.

Revenge. [Obs.] He 'll breed revengement and a scourge for me. Shak.

One who revenges. Shak.