Both Uses of
prevent
in
Through the Looking-Glass
- Here the King interrupted, to prevent the quarrel going on: he was very nervous, and his voice quite quivered.†
Chpt 7 *prevent = stop (something from happening)
- 'Much more smoothly than a live horse,' Alice said, with a little scream of laughter, in spite of all she could do to prevent it.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)