prevenientadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈviːnɪənt/,

/(ˌ)priːˈviːnɪənt/, U.S.

/priˈviniənt/,

/prəˈviniənt/

Forms: 1600s preuenient, 1600s– prevenient.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praevenient-, praeveniēns.

Etymology: < classical Latin praevenient-, praeveniēns premature, use as adjective of present participle of praevenīre prevene v. Compare Catalan prevenient (14th cent.), Spanish preveniente (1437 in theology). Compare earlier prevening adj., preventing adj.

1. Theology. Coming before or antecedent to human action. Chiefly in prevenient grace n. the grace of God which precedes repentance and faith, predisposing a person to seek God in advance of any desire or motion on their part. Cf. prevene v. 1c and prevent v. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > graciousness or grace > preceding repentance or conversion

prevenient gracea1607

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > gracious > of or relating to grace > prevenient

prevening1552

preventing1593

prevenienta1607

preoperating1628

prevenant1790

a1607 J. Rainolds Prophesie Haggai (1649) ix. 100 Gods grace must be both prevenient to go before, and subsequent to follow after us in all things.

1615 J. Boys 3rd Pt. Expos. Festivall Epistles & Gospels 125 He which is the father of mercies giueth vs preuenient grace, subsequent grace, cooperant grace, grace before grace, and grace after grace, keeping vs by his power thorough faith.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 3 From the Mercie-seat above Prevenient Grace descending had remov'd The stonie from thir hearts, and made new flesh.

1747 D. Mallet Amyntor & Theodora iii. 127 Love celestial whose prevenient aid Forbids approaching ill.

a1788 J. Wesley & C. Wesley On Death of Mrs. Mary Horton ii, in Poet. Wks. (1868) VI. 358 Allured by His prevenient grace, Even she walk'd in pleasant ways.

1854 R. Montgomery Poet. Wks. 283 If one thought this perill'd mind Inspire, where Thou, O God of grace, art seen, Prevenient Spirit! 'tis from Thee derived.

1874 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch iii. xxiv. 184 He had never regarded himself as other than an orthodox Christian, and would argue on prevenient grace if the subject were proposed to him.

1904 J. R. Illingworth Christian Character ix. 167 This desire..must come from God, by what is technically called His prevenient or antecedent grace.

1968 Times 14 Dec. 10/5 Prayer is always response to the prevenient divine action.

1997 Church Times 24 Jan. 15/5 Those brave Scottish souls who..dared to preach the indiscriminate nature of God's prevenient grace.

2. gen.

a. Coming before, preceding, prior, antecedent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective]

ererc888

fernOE

oldOE

formerc1160

ratherc1330

before-goingc1384

formerc1384

forenexta1400

formea1400

while1399

antecedentc1400

precedentc1400

anteceding?a1425

late1446

whilom1452

preceding?a1475

forne1485

fore1490

heretofore1491

foregoing1530

toforegoing1532

further1557

firster1571

then1584

elder1594

quondam1598

forehand1600

previant1601

preallable1603

prior1607

anterior1608

previal1613

once1620

previous1621

predecessivea1627

antecedaneous?1631

preventive1641

prior1641

precedaneous1645

preventional1649

antegredient1652

senior1655

prevenient1656

precedential1661

antecedental1763

past-gone1784

antevenient1800

aforetime1835

one-time1850

onewhile1882

foretime1894

erstwhile1903

antecedane-

ere-

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Prevenient, coming or going before, preventing.

1800 C. Lamb Let. 3 Nov. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 244 Which..stupidly stood alone, nothing prevenient or antevenient.

1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. iii. 64 The various predisposing or prevenient agencies existing in Europe.

1895 S. D. F. Salmond Christian Doctr. Immortality v. ii. 518 It could not take effect until two prevenient events had occurred.

1927 A. Kocourek Jural Relations 439 Prevenient relations, those which in order of occurrence precede other given relations.

2001 First Things (Nexis) 1 May 37 Such prevenient instruction actually impedes the act of reading by telling readers in advance what the stories will teach them.

b. Anticipatory; expectant (of something); in early use spec. anticipatory of a desire or need. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective]

expectanta1425

prevenient1765

anticipative1797

anticipant1798

contemplative1816

tense1821

prospective1850

at wait1873

1765 J. Merrick Psalms cvi. 270 Till, Phineas, thy prevenient care Purg'd from its taint the deathful air.

1791 T. Sadler Discarded Spinster 17 Caution, with prevenient care, had stow'd A cordial for the languors of the road.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxiii. 103 She, of the time prevenient, on the spray, That overhangs their couch, with wakeful gaze Expects the sun.

1881 Nature 18 Aug. 374/1 Unless they be regulated and inspected under a special law in much the same prevenient spirit as if they were prostitutes under the Contagious Diseases Act.

1889 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 300/2 Prevenient of all disgraceful sickness or waste in the unsullied limbs.

1919 Times 8 Aug. 8/1 Prescient London and prevenient Liverpool, would..have been busy buying grain forward..even for January and February shipments.

Derivatives

preˈveniently adv. in anticipation, in advance; beforehand, previously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb]

erea900

beforeeOE

forec1000

toforec1175

therebeforec1200

toforehand1258

forne toc1275

orc1275

andersitha1300

alreadyc1300

rather?1316

beforehandc1330

erstc1330

aforec1350

theretoforea1375

aforehanda1387

forthwitha1400

forwitha1400

or?a1400

ereward14..

toforetimec1400

aforetimes1429

aforetime1433

afore seasons1463

heretoforetime1481

forouth1487

aforrow?a1513

beforrow1568

paravant1590

antecedently1593

formerly1596

precedently1611

preveniently1633

preallably1652

previously1655

precedaneously1657

somewhiles1657

antecedaneously1661

aft1674

prior1675

anteriorly1681

antecedent1690

previous1712

priorly1742

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 3) 464 This is a course that shall make men either preveniently thankfull, or inexcusably desperate.

1714 J. Hughes tr. Claudian Rape of Proserpine ii. 40 Jupiter, preveniently, from high Commanded Peace, and, lightning thro the Sky, Confess'd his new-made Son.

1880 A. D. Whitney Odd or Even? xxv Neatly, and perhaps, preveniently, discharged her conscience.

1977 Theology 80 192 Whenever and wherever there is response to the divine love, there that love is preveniently at work.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prevenient
释义	prevenientadj. Brit. /prᵻˈviːnɪənt/, /(ˌ)priːˈviːnɪənt/, U.S. /priˈviniənt/, /prəˈviniənt/ Forms: 1600s preuenient, 1600s– prevenient. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praevenient-, praeveniēns. Etymology: < classical Latin praevenient-, praeveniēns premature, use as adjective of present participle of praevenīre prevene v. Compare Catalan prevenient (14th cent.), Spanish preveniente (1437 in theology). Compare earlier prevening adj., preventing adj. 1. Theology. Coming before or antecedent to human action. Chiefly in prevenient grace n. the grace of God which precedes repentance and faith, predisposing a person to seek God in advance of any desire or motion on their part. Cf. prevene v. 1c and prevent v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [noun] > graciousness or grace > preceding repentance or conversion prevenient gracea1607 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > gracious > of or relating to grace > prevenient prevening1552 preventing1593 prevenienta1607 preoperating1628 prevenant1790 a1607 J. Rainolds Prophesie Haggai (1649) ix. 100 Gods grace must be both prevenient to go before, and subsequent to follow after us in all things. 1615 J. Boys 3rd Pt. Expos. Festivall Epistles & Gospels 125 He which is the father of mercies giueth vs preuenient grace, subsequent grace, cooperant grace, grace before grace, and grace after grace, keeping vs by his power thorough faith. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 3 From the Mercie-seat above Prevenient Grace descending had remov'd The stonie from thir hearts, and made new flesh. View more context for this quotation 1747 D. Mallet Amyntor & Theodora iii. 127 Love celestial whose prevenient aid Forbids approaching ill. a1788 J. Wesley & C. Wesley On Death of Mrs. Mary Horton ii, in Poet. Wks. (1868) VI. 358 Allured by His prevenient grace, Even she walk'd in pleasant ways. 1854 R. Montgomery Poet. Wks. 283 If one thought this perill'd mind Inspire, where Thou, O God of grace, art seen, Prevenient Spirit! 'tis from Thee derived. 1874 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch iii. xxiv. 184 He had never regarded himself as other than an orthodox Christian, and would argue on prevenient grace if the subject were proposed to him. 1904 J. R. Illingworth Christian Character ix. 167 This desire..must come from God, by what is technically called His prevenient or antecedent grace. 1968 Times 14 Dec. 10/5 Prayer is always response to the prevenient divine action. 1997 Church Times 24 Jan. 15/5 Those brave Scottish souls who..dared to preach the indiscriminate nature of God's prevenient grace. 2. gen. a. Coming before, preceding, prior, antecedent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] ererc888 fernOE oldOE oldOE formerc1160 ratherc1330 before-goingc1384 formerc1384 forenexta1400 formea1400 while1399 antecedentc1400 precedentc1400 anteceding?a1425 late1446 whilom1452 preceding?a1475 forne1485 fore1490 heretofore1491 foregoing1530 toforegoing1532 further1557 firster1571 then1584 elder1594 quondam1598 forehand1600 previant1601 preallable1603 prior1607 anterior1608 previal1613 once1620 previous1621 predecessivea1627 antecedaneous?1631 preventive1641 prior1641 precedaneous1645 preventional1649 antegredient1652 senior1655 prevenient1656 precedential1661 antecedental1763 past-gone1784 antevenient1800 aforetime1835 one-time1850 onewhile1882 foretime1894 erstwhile1903 antecedane- ere- 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Prevenient, coming or going before, preventing. 1800 C. Lamb Let. 3 Nov. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 244 Which..stupidly stood alone, nothing prevenient or antevenient. 1859 C. Barker Devel. Associative Princ. iii. 64 The various predisposing or prevenient agencies existing in Europe. 1895 S. D. F. Salmond Christian Doctr. Immortality v. ii. 518 It could not take effect until two prevenient events had occurred. 1927 A. Kocourek Jural Relations 439 Prevenient relations, those which in order of occurrence precede other given relations. 2001 First Things (Nexis) 1 May 37 Such prevenient instruction actually impedes the act of reading by telling readers in advance what the stories will teach them. b. Anticipatory; expectant (of something); in early use spec. anticipatory of a desire or need. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [adjective] expectanta1425 prevenient1765 anticipative1797 anticipant1798 contemplative1816 tense1821 prospective1850 at wait1873 1765 J. Merrick Psalms cvi. 270 Till, Phineas, thy prevenient care Purg'd from its taint the deathful air. 1791 T. Sadler Discarded Spinster 17 Caution, with prevenient care, had stow'd A cordial for the languors of the road. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. xxiii. 103 She, of the time prevenient, on the spray, That overhangs their couch, with wakeful gaze Expects the sun. 1881 Nature 18 Aug. 374/1 Unless they be regulated and inspected under a special law in much the same prevenient spirit as if they were prostitutes under the Contagious Diseases Act. 1889 Macmillan's Mag. Aug. 300/2 Prevenient of all disgraceful sickness or waste in the unsullied limbs. 1919 Times 8 Aug. 8/1 Prescient London and prevenient Liverpool, would..have been busy buying grain forward..even for January and February shipments. Derivatives preˈveniently adv. in anticipation, in advance; beforehand, previously. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] erea900 beforeeOE forec1000 toforec1175 therebeforec1200 toforehand1258 forne toc1275 orc1275 andersitha1300 alreadyc1300 rather?1316 beforehandc1330 erstc1330 aforec1350 theretoforea1375 aforehanda1387 forthwitha1400 forwitha1400 or?a1400 ereward14.. toforetimec1400 aforetimes1429 aforetime1433 afore seasons1463 heretoforetime1481 forouth1487 aforrow?a1513 beforrow1568 paravant1590 antecedently1593 formerly1596 precedently1611 preveniently1633 preallably1652 previously1655 precedaneously1657 somewhiles1657 antecedaneously1661 aft1674 prior1675 anteriorly1681 antecedent1690 previous1712 priorly1742 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 3) 464 This is a course that shall make men either preveniently thankfull, or inexcusably desperate. 1714 J. Hughes tr. Claudian Rape of Proserpine ii. 40 Jupiter, preveniently, from high Commanded Peace, and, lightning thro the Sky, Confess'd his new-made Son. 1880 A. D. Whitney Odd or Even? xxv Neatly, and perhaps, preveniently, discharged her conscience. 1977 Theology 80 192 Whenever and wherever there is response to the divine love, there that love is preveniently at work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1607
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