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preventory

preventory adjective: preventive.

Adjective

preventory (comparative more preventory, superlative most preventory)

  1. (rare) Preventive.

Forms of preventory

comparativemore preventory
superlativemost preventory

Origin of preventory

From prevent + -ory.

Questions about preventory

What does preventory mean?
Preventory means preventive.
What part of speech is preventory?
Preventory is an adjective.

Words near preventory in the dictionary

  1. preventoria
  2. preventorial
  3. preventorium
  4. preventoriums
  5. preventors
  6. preventory
  7. preventral
  8. preventrals
  9. preventricular
  10. prevents
  11. preventure

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