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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 (Successful Farming, 59:12...)Increases rate of gain and improves feed efficiency , aids in the prevention or treatment ( depending_on level fed ) of the early stages of shipping_fever , prevents or treats bacterial diarrhea , and aids in reducing incidence of bloat and liver abscesses . To prevent or treat bacterial diarrhea , furnish 0.1 to 5 milligrams per pound of body_weight daily . As an aid in reducing bacterial diarrhea and preventing foot_rot , feed not less than 0.1 milligram per pound of body_weight daily . For calves , feed not less than 50 grams of Aureomycin per ton complete feed as an aid in preventing bacterial diarrhea and foot_rot . Aids in preventing foamy bloat . |
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[ verb ] prevent from doing something or being in a certain state
Synonyms Examples "We must prevent the cancer from spreading" "His snoring kept me from falling asleep" "Keep the child from eating the marbles" Used in print (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)The tragic irony of the play is that the very belief in and concern with a devil who could be met in the woods and combatted with formulae set_out in books was the very thing that prevented them from detecting the real devil when he came among them . (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)This has not , however , prevented publishers from labeling him a `` folk_poet '' , simply because he is a rural one . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)Inflow of air from the surrounding atmosphere was prevented by the two disks shown in figure 2 . (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)This prevents the occurrence of an infinite sequence of isolated tangent points . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Thus , although the agenda of external assistance in the economic sphere are cumulative , and many_of the policies suggested for nations in the earlier stages remain relevant , the basic purpose of American economic_policy during the later stages of development should be to assure that movement into a stage of self-sustaining growth is not prevented by lack of foreign_exchange . |
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