Both Uses of
prevent
in
Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia
- And if it could be the same one, what's to prevent him having gone wild and witless like so many others?†
Chpt 9 *prevent = stop (something from happening)
- For to prevent the effusion of blood, and for the avoiding all other inconveniences likely to grow from the wars now levied in our realm of Narnia, it is our pleasure to adventure our royal person on behalf of our trusty and well-beloved Caspian in clean wager of battle to prove upon your Lordship's body that the said Caspian is lawful King under us in Narnia both by our gift and by the laws of the Telmarines, and your Lordship twice guilty of treachery both in withholding the dominion of Narnia from the said Caspian and in the most abhominable, — don't forget to spell it with an H, Doctor — bloody, and unnatural murder of your kindly lord and brother King Caspian Ninth of that name.†
Chpt 13
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)