Preventer bolts, or Preventer plates (Naut.), fixtures connected with
preventers to reÎnforce other rigging. -- Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same
as Preventer, 3.
Pre*vent"ing*ly, adv. So as to prevent or hinder.
Pre*ven"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. prÈvention.] 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.