| 释义 |
preˈvenience rare.
[f. as next: see -ence.]
a. = prevenance.
b. The fact or condition of being prevenient.
1859Mrs. Stowe Minister's Wooing xxv, Striving by a thousand gentle preveniences, to spare her from fatigue and care. 1864Webster, Prevenience, the act of anticipating, or going before; anticipation. 1872O. Shipley Gloss. Eccl. Terms 417 They [Semi-Pelagians] held freewill and predestination from foreknowledge, denying the prevenience of grace. |