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Prevened vs Preened - What's the difference?

prevened | preened |

As verbs the difference between prevened and preened

is that prevened is (prevene) while preened is (preen).

prevened

English

Verb

(head)
  • (prevene)

    • prevene

    English

    Verb

    (preven)
  • (obsolete) To come before; to anticipate.
    • (Philips)
  • (obsolete) To hinder or prevent.
    • (Webster 1913)

    preened

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (preen)

    • Anagrams

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    preen

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) pren, from (etyl) ‘edge’, Albanian brez ‘belt, girdle’). The verb is from (etyl) prenen, from .

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
  • (dialectal) pin
  • (dialectal) bodkin; brooch

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pin; fasten.

    • Etymology 2

    Variant of prune (by influence of preen above) Attested in Chaucer (c. 1395) in the variants preyneth, prayneth, proyneth, prunyht, pruneth , from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
  • To show off, posture, or smarm.
  • * 1993 , Scott Simmon, The Films of D W Griffith
    • His preening self-satisfaction, chest thrown forward as he settles into a chair in his mansion...
  • * 2004 , Jude Deveraux, Counterfeit Lady
    • He preened under her compliments.
  • (UK, dialect, dated) To trim up, as trees.
    • (Halliwell)

    See also

    * primp

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