All 3 Uses of
prevent
in
The Color Purple
- Sound like death approaching, angels can't prevent it.†
prevent = stop (something from happening)
- But she never prevented Corrine from visiting.†
prevented = stopped (something from happening)
- Of course they did not know this, they only wanted to take the land for rubber, but the Olinka have been eating yams to prevent malaria and to control chronic blood disease for thousands and thousands of years.†
*prevent = stop (something from happening)
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)