OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 30075

preventive

/pɹɪˈvɛntɪv/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
preventivo
Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
...and I sometimes think whether, like the ancient king, it would not be prudent to make an offering to destiny, and throw my set of emeralds into the lake." Emily could not but de…