prevenient (pri-VEEN-yuhnt) adjective Coming before; anticipatory; preventive. [From Latin praevenient-, present participle of praevenire (to precede), from pre- (before) + venire (to come).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=prevenient -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org)... Sign in to see full entry.