Prevented
verb (used with object)
1.
to keep from occurring; avert; hinder:
He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
2.
to hinder or stop from doing something:
There is nothing to prevent us from going.
3.
Archaic. to act ahead of; forestall.
4.
Archaic. to precede.
5.
Archaic. to anticipate.
verb (used without object)
6.
to interpose a hindrance:
He will come if nothing prevents.
verb
1.
(transitive) to keep from happening, esp by taking precautionary action
2.
(transitive) often foll by from. to keep (someone from doing something); hinder; impede
3.
(intransitive) to interpose or act as a hindrance
4.
(transitive) (archaic) to anticipate or precede
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