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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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†PREVEEN, v., tr. To ward off or prevent (a danger or the like) by anticipatory action (Sc. 1710 T. Ruddiman Gl. to Douglas Aeneis), forestall.Ags. a.1768 in J. Paul Up Glenesk (1894) 161:
As the intent of law has ever been What might the danger of the State preveen.