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n.
A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Prevent
a.
Tending to prevent.
n.
That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
n.
Goods found of which the owner is not known; originally, such goods as a pursued thief threw away to prevent being apprehended, which belonged to the king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice.
a.
Not prevented or hindered; as, unprevented sorrows.
adv.
In a preventive manner.
n.
A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power.
a.
Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
imp. & p. p.
of Prevent
v. t.
To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.
n.
One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.
n.
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
n.
The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes.
a.
Tending to prevent, destroy, or expel, worms or vermin; anthelmintic.
n.
The act, art, or practice of vaccinating, or inoculating with the cowpox, in order to prevent or mitigate an attack of smallpox. Cf. Inoculation.
adv.
So as to prevent or hinder.
n.
The quality or state of being preventable.
a.
Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
n.
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
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