prevent
v.v. to stop something from happening or to stop someone from doing something. You use this when you want to keep a situation safe or avoid a problem.
v. to keep something from occurring or to hinder someone from acting. Transitive — requires a direct object, often followed by a prepositional phrase.
Regular exercise can help prevent many health problems.
The new security cameras are designed to prevent theft during the night.
While the government implemented several measures to prevent the spread of the virus, the lack of public cooperation undermined their overall effectiveness.
From Middle English preventen (“anticipate”), from Latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveniō (“I anticipate”), from prae (“before”) + veniō (“I come”).
The verb is transitive and often follows the pattern 'prevent someone from doing something'.
to prevent him to goto prevent him from goingThe verb 'prevent' is followed by 'from' and a gerund (-ing form), not an infinitive.