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Prevenancy   Listen
noun
Prevenancy  n.  The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Prevenancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... and treated him with a cup or two of the best wine in Picardy; and the Count de L-'s servant, in return, and not to be behindhand in politeness with La Fleur, had taken him back with him to the Count's hotel. La Fleur's PREVENANCY (for there was a passport in his very looks) soon set every servant in the kitchen at ease with him; and as a Frenchman, whatever be his talents, has no sort of prudery in showing them, La Fleur, in less than five minutes, had pulled out his fife, and leading off the ...
— A Sentimental Journey • Laurence Sterne



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