PREVENTED
Verb
prevented
simple past tense and past participle of prevent
Source: Wiktionary
PREVENT
Pre*vent", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prevented; p. pr. & vb. n. Preventing.] Etym: [L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. See Come.]
1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; 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.
2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.] Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. Pope.
3. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. "This vile purpose to prevent." Shak. Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. Milton.
Pre*vent", v. i.
Definition: To come before the usual time. [Obs.] Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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