Prevenient

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to prevenience; anticipatory.

    "Prevenient Grace deſcending had remov'd / The ſtonie from thir hearts, and made new fleſh / Regenerat grow inſtead, that ſighs now breath'd / Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer / Inſpir'd, and wing'd for Heav'n with ſpeedier flight / Then loudeſt Oratorie: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    in anticipation wordnet

Synonyms

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antecedentanterioranticipatoryanticipatorybeforetimechief

Example

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"True to his Paphian mother, trace by trace, / slowly the Love-god with prevenient art, / begins the lost Sychaeus to efface, / and living passion to a breast impart / long dead to feeling, and a vacant heart."

Etymology

See prevenience.

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