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praeaccĭpĭo, ĕre, 3, v. a., to admit antecedently (late Lat.): miraculis praeacceptis, Cassiod. in Psa. 105, 31.

prae-ăcŭo, ūtum, 3, v. a., to sharpen before or at one end, to sharpen to a point: surculum praeacuito … eum primorem praeacuito, Cato, R. R. 40, 2 and 3.
Hence, praeăcūtus, a, um.

  1. I. Part.
  2. II. P. a., sharpened before or at the end, sharpened, pointed: surculus aridus praeacutus, Cato, R. R. 40, 3: cacumina, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2: sudes, Sall. C. 56, 3: tigna paulum ab imo praeacuta, Caes. B. G. 4, 17: cuspis, Ov. M. 7, 131: bipennis, Plin. 8, 8, 8, § 26: scopuli, id. 9, 10, 12, § 38.
    Hence, praeăcūtē, adv., very acutely, App. Mag. p. 296, 26.

‡ prae-aequo, āre, v. a., to make equal before, Not. Tir. p. 76.

praealtē, adv., v. praealtus fin.

prae-altus, a, um, adj. (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

  1. I. Verg high: praealtae rupes, Liv. 40, 58: jugum, Auct. B. Afr. 37, 3: volatus volucrum, Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48.
    Comp.: Saturni praealtius omnibus sidus, Mart. Cap. 8, § 886.
  2. II. Very deep: ostium fluminis praealti, Liv. 10, 2: mare, Plin. 5, 19, 17, § 76; Curt. 4, 2, 9: proxima terrae praealta sunt, Sall. J. 78, 2: paludes, Tac. H. 5, 15.
    Sup.: praealtissimus puteus, App. M. 8, p. 365 Oud.
    Adv.: praealtē, very deeply (post-class.): trabes in terram praealte defigitur, Veg. Mil. 4, 21.

prae-ambŭlo, āre, v. n., to walk before (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 9, § 905.

praeambŭlus, a, um, adj. [prae-ambulo], walking before (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 9, § 215: matre praeambulā, id. 2, § 996.

prae-audĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. a., to hear beforehand, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 9, 14.
Hence, prae -audītus, a, um, Part., heard before, examined before (post-class.): custodiae, Dig. 1, 16, 6.