Both Uses of
prevent
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- I will tell you why; so shall my anticipation prevent your
discovery, and your secrecy to the king and queen moult no
feather.†Scene 2.2 *prevent = stop (something from happening)
- There's something in his soul
O'er which his melancholy sits on brood;
And I do doubt the hatch and the disclose
Will be some danger: which for to prevent,
I have in quick determination
Thus set it down:—he shall with speed to England
For the demand of our neglected tribute:
Haply the seas, and countries different,
With variable objects, shall expel
This something-settled matter in his heart;
Whereon his brains still beating puts him thus
From fashion of himself.†Scene 3.1
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)