prevenient
/prɪˈviː.ni.ənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Prevenient Grace deſcending had remov'd / The ſtonie from thir hearts, and made new fleſh / Regenerat grow inſtead, that ſighs now breath'd / Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer / Inſpir'd, and wing'd for Heav'n with ſpeedier flight / Then loudeſt Oratorie: […]"
- "They drank and bet and muttered in an air of electric transiency, old men in gaitered sleeves galvanized from some stained sepia, posting time at cards prevenient of their dimly augured doom."
- "So that in euery place we may see the mercy of god, eyther prevenient, or concomitant, eyther moving him to pitie us, or manifested in pitieing"
Etymology
From Latin praeveniēns
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: praeveniēns
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /prɪˈviː.ni.ənt/
- British English: /prᵻˈviːniənt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more prevenient (comparative)
most prevenient (superlative)