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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

prévenance

(Metaph.)

A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.

“The law of prevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence.”

Ward.

See also: prévenance

prevenance ‎(countable and uncountable, plural prevenances)

A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.
- Ward
  The law of prevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence.