Lewis & Short

prae-vĕhor, ctus, 3, v. dep. n. and a.

  1. I. To ride, fly, or flow before, in front, or past (not in Cic. or Cæs.): equites Romani praevecti, who had ridden before them, Liv. 9, 35: praevectus equo, Verg. A. 7, 166: praevectus ad Germanicum exercitum, Tac. H. 5, 16: dum missilia hostium praevehuntur, fly before them, id. ib. 4, 71.
  2. II. Lit., to rush or flow past: Rhenus servat nomen, quā Germaniam praevehitur, flows by, Tac. A. 2, 6.
    1. B. Trop., to flow forth: omnia haec mire placent, cum impetu quodam et flumine praevehuntur, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.