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Webster 1913 Edition
Prevenience
Pre-ven′i-ence
(?; 106)
, Noun.
The act of going before; anticipation.
[R.]
Definition 2024
prevenience
prevenience
English
Noun
prevenience (plural preveniences)
- (Methodism) The act or condition of occurring earlier, of being antecedent.
- (Methodism) Something done beforehand in anticipation of a later situation.
Usage notes
- In contemporary English, this term is specific to Methodism and the theology of John Wesley.