preˈvenience rare.
[f. as next: see -ence.]
a. = prevenance. b. The fact or condition of being prevenient.
| 1859 Mrs. Stowe Minister's Wooing xxv, Striving by a thousand gentle preveniences, to spare her from fatigue and care. 1864 Webster, Prevenience, the act of anticipating, or going before; anticipation. 1872 O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 417 They [Semi-Pelagians] held freewill and predestination from foreknowledge, denying the prevenience of grace. |