Definition of "prevenient" []

• Coming before; preceding. (adjective)
• Expectant; anticipatory. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Grace should not therefore be described as prevenient and subsequent."
• "Since grace causes the first effect in us, it is called prevenient in relation to the second effect."
• "In light of Scripture clearly teaching that depraved humans can't choose God, Arminians have to resort to a concept called prevenient grace (which nullifies the noetic effects of sin), so that humans can have a "technical loophole" which allows them to choose God of their own accord-but the concept of prevenient grace is found nowhere in Scripture!"