Prevenient

Quick meaning: Prevenient is an adjective meaning (formal) Relating to prevenience; antecedent; preceding; coming or happening before.

Meaning

(formal) Relating to prevenience; antecedent; preceding; coming or happening before.

More Meanings

1. (theology) Of grace: preceding repentance or faith and preparing the soul for salvation.

Example Sentences

So that in euery place we may see the mercy of god, eyther prevenient, or concomitant, eyther moving him to pitie us, or manifested in pitieing

They drank and bet and muttered in an air of electric transiency, old men in gaitered sleeves galvanized from some stained sepia, posting time at cards prevenient of their dimly augured doom.

Prevenient Grace deſcending had remov'd / The ſtonie from thir hearts, and made new fleſh / Regenerat grow inſtead, that ſighs now breath'd / Unutterable, which the Spirit of prayer / Inſpir'd, and wing'd for Heav'n with ſpeedier flight / Then loudeſt Oratorie: […]

Synonyms for prevenient

Depending on context, synonyms include antecedent, anticipatory, preceding, prior.

Antonyms for prevenient

Common opposites include consequent, following, subsequent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anticipatory, preceding, antecedent, antevenient, precursive, preambulatory.

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