All 8 Uses of
prevent
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
- She had not a high sense of humour, but she had enough to prevent her from making this mistake; and her brother, on his side, had enough to excuse her, in her situation, for laying him under contribution during a considerable part of a lifetime.†
Chpt 2prevent = stop (something from happening)
- Your being a distinguished physician has not prevented you from already losing TWO MEMBERS of your family!†
Chpt 19 *prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- And he answered her in words that corresponded to the look: "It may not prevent me, either, from losing the society of still another."†
Chpt 19prevent = stop (something from happening)
- What is to prevent it?†
Chpt 20
- What prevents your meeting as often as you choose?†
Chpt 22prevents = stops (something from happening)
- But the deuce will be that I can't prevent anything.†
Chpt 27prevent = stop (something from happening)
- "If I am prevented from coming to-morrow, you will say I have deceived you!" he said.†
Chpt 29prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- How can you be prevented?†
Chpt 29
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)