1. prae-lēgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to bequeath beforehand, i. e. to bequeath a thing to be given before the inheritance is divided (post-Aug.): eam coronam testamento ei praelegavit, Plin. 33, 2, 11, § 38: peculia filiis, Dig. 33, 8, 26: fundum, ib. 31, 1, 69: uxori dotem, Paul. Sent. 4, 1, 1.