Both Uses of
prevent
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
- —Rinaldo, you did never lack advice so much As letting her pass so; had I spoke with her, I could have well diverted her intents, Which thus she hath prevented.†
Scene 3.4prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- That was not to be blamed in the command of the service; it was a disaster of war that Caesar himself could not have prevented, if he had been there to command.†
Scene 3.6 *
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)