prévenant, -e, adj., prepossessing; engaging; ready to oblige, attentive, obliging, kind. Il a un air —; he has a prepossessing look.
prévenir (pré-vnir), v.a., to go before, to precede, to come before, to be beforehand with, to get the start of, to anticipate; to forestall; to prevent, to hinder; to prepossess, to prejudice; to predispose, to bias, to inform, to warn; to caution, to give notice; to let know. — le mal; to prevent evil. — les objections; to forestall objections. — les besoins de quelqu’un; to anticipate any one’s wants. Il m’a fait — de son arrivée; he sent to tell me of his arrival. On vous en avait prévenu; you had had information of it or you had been informed of it.
se prévenir, v.r., to be prepossessed; to be prejudiced, to anticipate each other. Se — en faveur de quelqu’un; to take a liking to any one.
préventi-f, -ve, adj., preventive.
prévention, n.f., prepossession, prejudice, bias; suspicion, presumption; prevention; accusation; (jur.) prosecution; (jur.) commitment. Donner des —s contre soi; to raise prejudices against one’s self. Vaincre les —s de quelqu’un; to overcome any one’s prejudices. Etat de —; (jur.) commitment. Être en état de —; (jur.) to be committed for trial.
préventivement, adv., by way of prevention; (jur.) while awaiting trial, on suspicion.
prévenu, n.m., -e, n.f., (jur.) prisoner (before trial), the accused, the prisoner (at the bar).
prévision, n.f., prevision; forecast; foreknowledge; conjecture.
prévoir, v.a., to foresee; to conjecture; to expect, to anticipate, to provide (for or against); to meet. Il faut tout —; we must provide against everything, against all eventualities.
prévôt, n.m., provost; (nav.) marshal. Grand —, grand — de l’armée; (milit.) provost-marshal. — de salle d’armes; fencing-master’s assistant. — des marchands; (old) mayor of Paris.