PREVENIENT Meaning of PREVENIENT in English [ prɪ'vi:nɪənt ]■ adjective formal preceding; antecedent.OriginC17: from L. praevenient- , praevenire 'come before', from prae 'before' + venire 'come'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004