prevent
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Is prevent a Scrabble word?
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- Wordle No
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).Examples: "I brush my teeth regularly to prevent tooth decay."; "Scotland must now hope Georgia produce a huge upset and beat Argentina by at least eight points in Sunday's final Pool B match to prevent them failing to make the last eight for the first time in World Cup history."Synonyms: throttle, anticipate
2. (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures.Examples: "I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it while I'm here to prevent!"
3. (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede.Examples: "We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us."; "We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep."; "Then had I come, preventing Sheba's Queen, / To ſee the comelieſt of the Sons of Men; […]"
4. (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass.Examples: "With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed."
5. (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.Examples: "their ready guilt preventing thy commands"
Definition source: Wiktionary