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prevenancy

prevenancy noun: the act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness.

Noun

prevenancy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness.
    • La Fleur's prevenancy (for there was a passport in his very looks) soon set every servant in the kitchen at ease with him1759–1767, [Laurence Sterne], The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […]

Questions about prevenancy

What does prevenancy mean?
Prevenancy means the act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness.
What part of speech is prevenancy?
Prevenancy is a noun.

Words near prevenancy in the dictionary

  1. prevelant
  2. prevelar
  3. prevelars
  4. prevenance
  5. prevenances
  6. prevenancy
  7. prevenception
  8. prevene
  9. prevened
  10. prevenes
  11. prevenge

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