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Pre*ven"tion   (?), n.
[Cf. F. prévention.]
 1.
The act of going, or state of being, before. [Obs.]
The greater the distance, the greater the prevention.
 Bacon.
 2. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought. [Obs.] Hammond.
Shak.
 3. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. South.
 
Casca, be sudden, for we fear
prevention.
Shak.
 4. Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] Dryden.

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