The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
PREVENING
Verb
prevening
present participle of prevene
Source: Wiktionary
PREVENE
Pre*vene", v. t. & i. Etym: [F. prévenir, L. praevenire. See Prevent.]
Definition: To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent. [Obs.] Philips.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”; “he has a strong German accent”; “it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy”
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