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preventure

preventure noun: prevention.

Noun

preventure (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Prevention.
    • He claims total anesthesia, whatever the condition, and no bad after effect — even to total preventure of soreness after the teeth is ^([sic]) extracted.1889, Items of Interest, volume 11, page 175

Questions about preventure

What does preventure mean?
Preventure means prevention.
What part of speech is preventure?
Preventure is a noun.

Words near preventure in the dictionary

  1. preventory
  2. preventral
  3. preventrals
  4. preventricular
  5. prevents
  6. preventure
  7. preverb
  8. preverbal
  9. preverbally
  10. preverbals
  11. preverbs

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