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Antidote :: Antidote (v. t.) To counteract or prevent the effects of, by giving or taking an antidote..

Prophylactic :: Prophylactic (n.) A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.

Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or strap used to prevent excessive forward motion.

Incubus :: Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.

Objection :: Objection (n.) The act of objecting; as, to prevent agreement, or action, by objection..

Bar :: Bar (n.) Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier..

Pasteurization :: Pasteurization (n.) A process devised by Pasteur for preventing or checking fermentation in fluids, such as wines, milk, etc., by exposure to a temperature of 140¡ F., thus destroying the vitality of the contained germs or ferments..

Splasher :: Splashboard (n.) A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard..

Avertible :: Avertible (a.) Capable of being averted; preventable.

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks..

Chock :: Chock (n.) A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it..

Lose :: Lose (v. t.) To prevent from gaining or obtaining.

Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence..

Connivance :: Connivance (n.) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it..

Puddening :: Puddening (n.) A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between spars, or the like..

Blotting Paper :: Blotting paper () A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots..

Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking..

Reprehend :: Reprehend (v. t.) To reprove or reprimand with a view of restraining, checking, or preventing; to make charge of fault against; to disapprove of; to chide; to blame; to censure..

Anadiplosis :: Anadiplosis (n.) A repetition of the last word or any prominent word in a sentence or clause, at the beginning of the next, with an adjunct idea; as, He retained his virtues amidst all his misfortunes -- misfortunes which no prudence could foresee or prevent..

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