Lewis & Short

prae-mĭnistro, āre, v. n. and a.

  1. I. Neutr., to wait or attend upon, to minister to any one (post-class.): magistratibus, of the lictors, Gell. 12, 3, 3; cf. id. 10, 3, 13: alicui, App. M. 5, p. 160, 3.
  2. II. Act., to furnish, supply, hand to any one: ac praeministrasse modulos, Gell. 1, 11, 10; Tert. Bapt. 11: fabulas, id. Apol. 21.