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/prᵻˈviːniənt/ · adjective
(formal) Relating to prevenience; antecedent; preceding; coming or happening before..
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: […]
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.
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
Use prevenient when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prevenient means (formal) Relating to prevenience; antecedent; preceding; coming or happening before..
Common synonyms include antecedent, anticipatory, preceding, prior.
Possible antonyms include consequent, following, subsequent.
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: […]
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