Definition of Prevented

1. Verb. (past of prevent) ¹

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Definition of Prevented

1. prevent [v] - See also: prevent

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevented

prevene
prevened
prevenes
prevenience
preveniences
prevenient
prevenient grace
preveniently
prevening
prevent
preventability
preventable
preventative
preventatively
preventatives
prevented
preventer
preventers
preventible
preventing
preventingly
prevention
prevention is better than cure
preventional
preventions
preventive
preventive attack
preventive medicine
preventive strike
preventively

Literary usage of Prevented

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"At the last he was prevented by a most serious malady from seeing her once more ; but he was not unmindful of her death, though the lines which he wrote ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen (1885)
"At the last he was prevented by a most serious malady from seeing her once more ; but he was not unmindful of her death, though the lines which he wrote ..."

3. Jane Austen's Works by Jane Austen, James Edward Austen-Leigh (1882)
"... she was left, on the contrary, with a melancholy impression of Colonel Brandon's unhappiness, and was prevented even from wishing it removed, ..."

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