This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. / prɪˈvɛnt / to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed. to hinder or stop from doing something: There is nothing to prevent us from going. Archaic. to act ahead of; forestall. verb [used without object] to interpose a hindrance: He will come if nothing prevents.
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
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1375–1425; late Middle English