† prevenancen.

Forms: 1800s prevenance, 1800s prévenance.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prévenance.

Etymology: < French prévenance (1732) < prévenir to anticipate, prepossess (see prevene v.) + -ance -ance suffix. N.E.D. (1908) gives the French pronunciation /prevnɑ̃s/ as ‘also in Eng. use’.

Obsolete.

Courteous anticipation of the desires or needs of others; an instance of this; courtesy, complaisance, or obligingness of manner.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > obligingness or complaisance

humouring1602

complacence1626

obligingness1638

complying1639

compliance1641

complacency1651

complaisance1651

accommodableness1663

obligation1664

complaisancy1710

prevenience1751

compliancy1765

prevenancy1768

prevenance1823

1766 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 21 Jan. VI. (modernized text) (1932) 2707 Become, as far as with innocence and honour you can, all things to all men, and you will gain a great many. Have des prévenances too, and say or do, what you judge beforehand will be most agreeable to them.]

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. liii A very conversible pleasing man, with an air of prevenance, and ready civility of communication.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lii. 472 The same good humour, prévenances, merriment [etc.].

1876 J. E. Hopkins Rose Turquand II. xxvii. 112 She did everything he asked carefully and well, but the sweet prevenance was gone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	prevenance
释义	† prevenancen. Forms: 1800s prevenance, 1800s prévenance. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prévenance. Etymology: < French prévenance (1732) < prévenir to anticipate, prepossess (see prevene v.) + -ance -ance suffix. N.E.D. (1908) gives the French pronunciation /prevnɑ̃s/ as ‘also in Eng. use’. Obsolete. Courteous anticipation of the desires or needs of others; an instance of this; courtesy, complaisance, or obligingness of manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > obligingness or complaisance humouring1602 complacence1626 obligingness1638 complying1639 compliance1641 complacency1651 complaisance1651 accommodableness1663 obligation1664 complaisancy1710 prevenience1751 compliancy1765 prevenancy1768 prevenance1823 1766 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 21 Jan. VI. (modernized text) (1932) 2707 Become, as far as with innocence and honour you can, all things to all men, and you will gain a great many. Have des prévenances too, and say or do, what you judge beforehand will be most agreeable to them.] 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. liii A very conversible pleasing man, with an air of prevenance, and ready civility of communication. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lii. 472 The same good humour, prévenances, merriment [etc.]. 1876 J. E. Hopkins Rose Turquand II. xxvii. 112 She did everything he asked carefully and well, but the sweet prevenance was gone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1823
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