prae

    prae-sīgnificō —, —, āre,     to indicate beforehand: hominibus quae sint futura.

    prae-sonō uī, —, āre,     to sound before: praesonuit sollemni tibia cantu, O.

    prae-stābilis e, adj.    with comp, pre-eminent, distinguished, excellent: res magnitudine: dignitas praestabilior: fuerat praestabilius, preferable, T.: nihil amicitiā praestabilius: neque aliud praestabilius invenies, S.

    prae-stō itī, itus    (P. fut. praestatūrus), āre, to stand out, stand before, be superior, excel, surpass, exceed, be excellent: suos inter aequalīs: civitas hominum multitudine praestabat, Cs.: sacro, quod praestat, peracto, Iu.: probro atque petulantiā maxume, to be pre-eminent, S.: virtute omnibus, Cs.: quā re homines bestiis praestent: pingendo aliis: praestare honestam mortem existimans turpi vitae, N.: quantum ceteris praestet Lucretia, L.: virtute ceteros mortales, L.: gradu honoris nos, L.: imperatores prudentiā, N.—Impers. with subject-clause, it is preferable, is better: sibi praestare, quamvis fortunam pati, quam interfici, etc., Cs.: mori milies praestitit, quam haec pati: motos praestat componere fluctūs, V.—To become surety for, answer for, vouch for, warrant, be responsible for, take upon oneself: ut omnīs ministros imperi tui rei p. praestare videare: ut nihil in vitā nobis praestandum praeter culpam putemus, i. e. that we have nothing to answer for if free from guilt: impetūs populi praestare nemo potest, answer for the outbreaks of the people: emptori damnum praestari oportere, compensation ought to be made: nihil, be responsible for nothing: quod ab homine non potuerit praestari, what none could guaranty against: tibi a vi nihil, give no guaranty against: meliorem praesto magistro Discipulum, warrant, Iu.: quis potest praestare, semper sapientem beatum fore, cum, etc.?: Illius lacrimae praestant Ut veniam culpae non abnuat Osiris, insure, Iu.—To fulfil, discharge, maintain, perform, execute: in pugnā militis officia, Cs.: amicitiae ius officiumque: praestiti, ne quem pacis per me partae paeniteat, have taken care, L.: quamcumque ei fidem dederis, ego praestabo, will keep the promise: ei fidem, L.: mea tibi fides praestabitur: pacem cum iis populus R. praestitit, maintained, L.: argenti pondo bina in militem, pay as ransom, L.: tributa, pay, Iu.: triplicem usuram, Iu.—To keep, preserve, maintain, retain: pueri, quibus videmur praestare rem p. debuisse: nepotibus aequor, O.: omnīs socios salvos praestare poteramus: Incolumem me tibi, H.—To show, exhibit, prove, evince, manifest, furnish, present, assure: mobilitatem equitum in proeliis, Cs.: in iis rebus eam voluntatem: consilium suum fidemque: honorem debitum patri: senatui sententiam, to give his vote: terga hosti, i. e. flee, Ta.: voluptatem sapienti, assure: praesta te eum, qui, etc., show thyself such, as, etc.: teque praesta constanter ad omne Indeclinatae munus amicitiae, show thyself constant, O.: vel magnum praestet Achillen, approve himself a great Achilles, V.

    prae-stringō inxī, ictus, ere,    to draw together, fasten up, bind fast, compress: Syracosio (laqueo) praestrictā fauce, O.—Fig., of the sight, to make dull, blunt, dim, dazzle: oculos: fulguribus praestringentibus aciem oculorum, blinding, L.—Of the mind, to dazzle, confuse, overwhelm, baffle: aciem animorum nostrorum virtutis splendore: oculos mentis: praestigias.

    prae-struō ūxī, ūctus, ere,    to build before, block, stop up, make impassable, make inaccessible: aditum obice montis, O.: Porta Fonte fuit praestructa, stopped up, O.: Hospitis effugio omnia, against the escape, O.—Fig.: fraus fidem in parvis sibi praestruit, seeks to win confidence beforehand, L.

    prae-sum fuī, esse,    to be before, be set over, preside over, rule, have charge of, command, superintend: in provinciā, govern: omnibus Druidibus, Cs.: provinciae, S.: censor factus, severe praefuit ei potestati, N.: exercitui, Cs.: artificio: vigiliis, S.: statuis faciendis: moenibus urbis, protect, O. —To be chief, take the lead: non enim paruit ille Ti. Gracchi temeritati, sed praefuit: crudelitati.

    prae-sūmō —, ūmptus, ere,    to take before, take first: domi dapes, O.: remedia, Ta.—Fig., to anticipate, take for granted: spe bellum, i. e. anticipate victory by confidence, V.: praesumpta apud militem illius anni quies, Ta.: praesumptum habere, grates diis actas, take for granted, Ta.