Webster's Dictionary 1913

7912

Preventative

Pre‐vent″a‐tive (?), n. That which prevents; — incorrectly used instead of preventive.

7913

Preventer

Pre‐vent″er (?), n. 1. One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another. Bacon.2. One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of...

7914

Preventingly

Pre‐vent″ing‐ly, adv. So as to prevent or hinder.

7915

Prevention

Pre‐ven″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. prévention.] 1. The act of going, or state of being, before.The greater the distance, the greater the prevention. Bacon.2. Anticipation; esp., antic...

7916

Preventional

Pre‐ven″tion‐al (?), a. Tending to prevent.

7917

Preventive

Pre‐vent″ive (?), a. [Cf. F. préventif.] 1. Going before; preceding.Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. Cudworth.2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; prevent...

7918

Preventive (2)

Pre‐vent″ive, n. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.

7919

Preventively

Pre‐vent″ive‐ly, adv. In a preventive manner.

7920

Prevertebral

Pre‐ver″te‐bral (?), a.(Anat.) Situated immediately in front, or on the ventral side, of the vertebral column; prespinal.

7921

Previous

Pre″vi‐ous (?), a. [L. praevius going before, leading the way; prae before + via the way. See Voyage.] Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent...

7922

Previously

Pre″vi‐ous‐ly, adv. Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.

7923

Previousness

Pre″vi‐ous‐ness, n. The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.

7924

Previse

Pre‐vise″ (?), v. t. [L. praevisus, p. p. of praevidere to foresee; prae before + videre to see. See Vision.] 1. To foresee.2. To inform beforehand; to warn. Ld. Lytton.

7925

Prevision

Pre‐vi″sion (?), n. [Cf. F. prévision.] Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience. H. Spencer.

7926

Prevoyant

Pre‐voy″ant (?), a. [F. prévoyant.] Foreseeing; prescient. Mrs. Oliphant.

7927

Prewarn

Pre‐warn″ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Prewarned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prewarning.] To warn beforehand; to forewarn.

7928

Prey

Prey (?), n. [OF. preie, F. proie, L. praeda, probably for praeheda. See Prehensile, and cf. Depredate, Predatory.] Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything ...

7929

Prey (2)

Prey (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Preyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Preying.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See Prey, n.] To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take f...

7930

Preyer

Prey″er (?), n. One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer. Hooker.

7931

Preyful

Prey″ful (?), a. 1. Disposed to take prey.The preyful brood of savage beasts. Chapman.2. Rich in prey. Shak.

7932

Prezygapophysis

‖Pre‐zyg′a‐poph″y‐sis (?), n.; pl.Prezygapophyses (#). [NL. See Pre-, and Zygapophysis.] (Anat.) An anterior zygapophysis.

7933

Prial

Pri″al (?), n. A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n.

7934

Prian

Pri″an (?), n. [Cornish, clayey ground, from pri clay.] (Mining) A fine, white, somewhat friable clay; also, the ore contained in a mixture of clay and pebbles. [Written also pr...

7935

Priapean

Pri′a‐pe″an (?), n. [Cf. L. Priapeius pertaining to Priapus.] (Lat. Pros.) A species of hexameter verse so constructed as to be divisible into two portions of three feet each, h...

7936

Priapism

Pri″a‐pism, n. [L. priapismus, Gr. �, from Priapus the god of procreation, the penis, Gr. �: cf. F. priapisme.] (Med.) More or less permanent erection and rigidity of the penis,...

7937

Priapulacea

‖Pri‐ap′u‐la″ce‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Priapism.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of Gephyræa, having a cylindrical body with a terminal anal opening, and usually with one or two caudal gills.

7938

Pricasour

Pric″a‐sour (?), n. A hard rider.