| Front | prevenient \prih-VEEN-yunt\ |
|---|---|
| Back | adjective Coming before; anticipatory; preventive. [From Latin praevenient-, present participle of praevenire (to precede), from pre- (before) + venire (to come).] "[Frank Stella's] big, shield-like 'Luis Miguel Dominguin' a silver-painted shaped canvas was acquired in 1961, a prevenient time indeed to buy Stella." - Grace Glueck; A Collection That Breathes the Spirit of Modernism; The New York Times; Apr 8, 1984. |
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