preventive
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Is preventive a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.Examples: "Any previous counsel or preventive understanding."
noun (English)
1. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.Examples: "Dogs should be warmly but airily housed; heartily, but not heatingly, fed — old Indian meal, mixed with oatmeal, suppawn, is the best general food, with a small quantity of salt, which is a preventive against worms […]"
2. (dated) A thing that slows the development of an illness.Examples: "Eaten with sugar yaourt is very palatable and refreshing in warm weather and is said to be a preventive of fever."
Definition source: Wiktionary