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Show PR PRI afte fier to be )brc‘fvaikd on to enquir thclfigl‘h LOCR v‘{a',yl':h(,'l.,: are four forts of arguments tl}nt men, i ep t o u k m r h o t w _ their reafoning cke L e wail on t The gods pra a ' t o l m c t m f r u w Nor let the world be loft in endlefs night Prevaild upon at laft, ag:\m'he t_ou Q3 T Upon aflurance wailed with to fen he the quee forces upon that expedi tion Addifon was pre of revolt Prevail upon fome judicious friend to .bc you m d e f f m u t h l a a e a h n t con Seift eP l a e p r [ j a . PREVA dominant ; having moft influence ; havprevalent ing great power unL efficacious Probabilities, which crofs men's appetites an prevailing pafiions, run the fame fate : let never f "much probability hang on one fide of a covetou man's reafoning, and money on the other, it/i Locke ' eafy to forefee which will outweigh Save the friendlefs, infants from oppreffion Saints fhall affit thee with prewailing prayers Rozve And warring angels combat on thy fide PrevaILMENT 7. / [fro prevail. Prevalence Meflenger Of ftrong prevailment in unharden'd youth Latin 3 prevarication Lealt of all does this precept imply, that w dhould comply with any thing that the prevalenc Rogers of corrupt fathion has made reputable " PRE'VALENT. adj. [prawalens, Latin. 1. Viftorious ; ‘gaining f{uperiority ; predominant th Roma ambaffadors tha gprevalent arms were as good as any title, and tha valiant men might account to be their own as muc 25 they could get Raleigh On the foughten field Michael and his angels prevalent encamping. Milt The condu@ of a peculiar providence mad ?t}.le inftruments of that great defign prewalent an viftorious, and all thofe mountains of oppofitio 10 become plains South 2. Powerful 3 efficacious Eve! eafily may faith admit, that al The good which we enjoy, from heav'n defcends But, that from us ought fhould afcend to heav'n ‘So_;:rwalsnt, as to concern the min "Of God high bleft ; or to incline his will Hard to belief may feem Milton's Paradife Lo 3. Predominant , ¥his was the moft received and prevalent opinion, when I firk brought my colleion up t L9r,1don PrEVE'NTER, z.f. [from prevent. 1. One that goes before Waodward Pre‘vatenTLY. adv. [from prevalent. Powerfully ; forcibly T!le ev'ning-ftar fo falls into the main , Torife at morn more prevalently bright Then 2 fro Th T'h prewvaricatenr I now had wander'd 7 PREVE'NT Let thy grace O Lord Philips Lat always prewent and folCommon Prayer 2. To go before ; to be before Mine eyes prevent the night-watches, that Plalm cxix. 4 might be occupied in thy words The fame officer told us, he came to condu¢t us tha an h had prevente might have the whol th hour becauf w day before us for our bufiBacon nefs Nothing engendred doth prewent his mea Flies have their tables fpread, ere they appear Some creatures have in winter what to ea Others do fleep. Herbert's Temple of Sacred Poens 3. To anticipate Soon thou fhalt find, if thou but arm their hands Their ready guilt preventing thy commands Could'ft thou fome great proportion'd mifchie frame They'd prove the father from whofe loins they came Pope 4. T preoccupy tempt firft to preengage to at Thou haft prewented us with overtures of love King Charles even when we were thine enemies 5. T hinder t obviate to obftruét This is now almoft the only fenfe I do find it cowardly and vile For fear of what might fall, fo to prewven The time of life Shakefpeare's Fulius Cafar This your fincereft care could not prevent Prior o PREVA'RICATE. v, 2. [prevaricor an nature gh donatives Hindrance ; obitrution His daring foe, at this preventio all our doings wit Common Prayer low us ou j/f'd'?/."f.‘:ct" Half way he me Are we to forfake any true opinion, or to fhu any requifite action, only becaufe we have in th clean.sh data import.tsv out README practice thereof been prewented by idolaters ? Hocker Prevent him with the bleflings of goodnefs. Pjfal Prevent us, O Lord, i thy moft gracious favour Shak Succefs or lofs 3 to go before 1. To go before as a guide making the way eafy Milton Incens'd [prevesio French. prevenir thunder Hammsnd abov had remov' and made new flef Milton's Paradife Loft a @ i diftanc fitting us with capacities o PrREVE'NIENT. adj. [ prewveniens, Latin. Preceding; going before ; preventive From the mercy-fea Prewvenient grace defcending The ftony from their hearts Regencrate grow inftead. - th Atchievem God' A caviller; a thufller waricate. To PREVE'NE. @, a. [pravenio, Latin. To hinder If thy indulgent car Had not prever'd, among unbody'd fhade 7. /. [ pr 1 the crack a goo pre ; fro Frenc or gr tion3 a [ prevaricator hinders from £preventum, ' Latin 1. The a€ of going before laaljo 7 PrEVARICA'TOR ‘tha PREVE'NTION I delivered up to Hannibal Lat On that they ordered him to b fenate was the he fruit o hduk a obftruter were releafed upon obliging themfelves by an oat to return again to his camp: among thefe was one who, thinking to elude the oath, went the fame da back to the camp, on pretence of having forgo fomething; but this prewarication was {o fhockin to the Roma ¥ity by Hannibal taken prifoner Romans Severa Lrench Nutura Shuile; cavil prevaricate.] Clarendon Others finding that, in former times, man churchmen were employed in the civil government imputed their wanting of thefe ornaments thei predeceflors wore, to the power and prevalency o Clarendon the lawyers Animals, whofe forelegs fupply the ufe of arms ‘hold, if not an equality in both, a prevalency of Brown times in the other Why, fair one, would you not rel On reafon's force with beauty's join'd Could 1 their prevalence deny Prior I muft at once be deaf and blind tol Bacoy [pi‘((‘vczrz'caaz'z'a 7 PrevaricA‘"TION The duke better knew, what kind of argument Brennu red with water, wherein hat theep's dung, will prevent and com cet Sril befor com A launifm defires South Whoever helped him to this citation, 1 defir he will never truft him more; for I would thin better of himfelf, than that he would wilf waricate Y Atte 7 V NT Laws are either difannulled or quite prevaricate through change and alteration of times, yet the are good in themfelyes Spenfe He prevaricates with his own_ underftanding and cannot ferioufly confider the firength, an Shak . PRE'VALENCE. | 7. J. [prevalence, Fr prevalentia,low Lat. " Pre‘varENcy. Superiority; influence; predominance efficacy; force; validity were of prevalence with him t "T'o cavil we enjoy whic the beft ufe «of the advantage p difcern the evidence of argumentations againft hi k j fl o r h t w fi a t d e f s e r h T R Lating prevariquer, Fr. quibble ;_to fhufile Foretold fo lately what would come to pafs. Milton Too great confidence in fuccefs is the likelief to prevent it; becaufe it hinders us from making No odds appear' Milton In might or fwif¢ prevention Prewention of fin is one of the greateft mercie God can vouchfafe South Frenc prepoffeflion 4. Prejudice expreflion In reading what I have written, let them brin no particular gufto or any prevention of mind and that whatfoever judgment they make, it ma Dryden be purely their own PrEVE'NTION AL, adj. [from prevention. Tending to prevention Dig PrEVE'NTIVE. adj. [from prevent. 1. Tending to hinder Wars preventive upon juft fears are true deBacon fenfives, as well as upon actual invafions 2. Prefervative hinderin It has o ill before the thing prevented Phyfick is curative or preventiv preventiv mours tion is that which, by purging noxious hu preventet Procurin of difeafes Brown ficknefs a due degree of fweat and perfpira is the beft preventive of the gout PrEvE'NTIVE prefervative Arbuthnot 2. /. [from prewemt. that which prevents a antidote previoufly taken PREVE'NTIVELY. adv. [from preventive. In fuch a manner as tends to prevention Such as fearing to concede a monftrofity, o mutilate the integrity of Adam, preventively conceive the creation of thirteen ribs Browan PRE'VIOUS. adj. [ prewius, Lat.] Antecedent ; going before ; prior By this previous intimation we may gdther {fom hopes Burnet that the matter is not defperate Sound from the mountain, prewious to the frorm Rolls o'er the muttering earth Thomfon PrE'vioUusLY. adv. [from previous. forehand ; antecedently Be Darting their ftings, they previoufly declar Defign'd revenge and fierce intent of war Prior It cannot be reconciled with perfedt fincerity as prewioufly fuppofing fome neglect of better in formation Pre'viousnEess n. / Fiddes [from previous. Antecedence PREY. n f. [ preda, Latin. 1. Something to be devoured; fomethin 3 t |
