Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-VENT'IVE
PRE-VENT'IVE, n.
- That which prevents; that which intercepts the access or approach of. Temperance and exercise are excellent preventives of debility and languor.
- An antidote previously taken. A medicine maybe taken as a preventive of disease.
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