Found 4 items, similar to prevent.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: prevent mencegah
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: prevent mencegah
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prevent prevent v 1: keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; “My sense of tact forbids an honest answer” [syn: forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid] 2: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; “We must prevent the cancer from spreading”; “His snoring kept me from falling asleep”; “Keep the child from eating the marbles” [syn: keep] [ant: let]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prevent Prevent \Pre*vent"\, v. i. To come before the usual time. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Strawberries . . . will prevent and come early. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Prevent \Pre*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prevented; p. pr. & vb. n. Preventing.] [L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. See Come.] 1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. --1 Thess. iv. 15. [1913 Webster] We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. --Bk. of Common Prayer. [1913 Webster] Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. “This vile purpose to prevent.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. --Milton. [1913 Webster]