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[ verb ] keep from happening of arising; have the effect of preventing
Examples "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)Only confusion , failure and anarchy result when the effort is made to impose upon the civil_authority the impossible task of policing private homes to preclude the possibility of sin . |
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