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prevent
prevent [-ed]
v
L.
prævenīre
, come before, precede, anticipate, excel <
præ
, before +
venīre
, come.
Hinder; stop; impede; block; forestall; keep.
Keep out; shut out; impede the entry of; make impossible the approach of.