prae-hĭbĕo, ēre (old inf. praehiberier, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 7 Fleck.), v. a. [habeo] (for praebeo, which is a contraction of it), to hold forth, offer, furnish, grant, give, supply (Plautinian): vestem, aurum, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 49: alicui cibum, id. ib. 3, 134: alicui locum, id. Merc. 3, 1: alicui operam atque hospitium, id. Pers. 4, 3, 41: verba, to utter, speak, id. Rud. 1, 2, 50.