(verb) : antĕ-ĕo, īvi or ii, īre, (old form antĭdeo = anteeo, like antidea for antea, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 3;
* Antidit = anteit,id. Trin. 2, 4, 145 Ritschl. In verse the e in ante blends with the foll. e or i, per synaloephen, into one syll.; hence, anteire trisyl.,Lucr. 4 [141]; cf. Hor. C. 1, 35, 17; id. Ep. 1, 2, 70 al.; later we find the sync. forms: pres. subj. antēat, Ov. A. A. 2, 726; fut. antībo, Tac. A. 5, 6; pluperf. subj. antīssent, id. ib. 3, 69; inf. antīsse, id. ib. 4, 40).
* In space, to go before, precede, to take the lead; with dat., acc., or absol.
* With dat.: interdum montes Montibus anteire (videntur),Lucr. 4 [141]: praetoribus anteeunt,Cic. Agr. 2, 34.
* Trop.
* Absol.: barbarum jubebat anteire,Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25; so Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70; Liv. 1, 59; Tac. A. 3, 69; Suet. Caes. 57; id. Aug. 64.
* To go before: anteibit faciem tuam justitia, * Vulg. Isa. 58, 8.
* To excel, surpass any one: virtus omnibus rebus anteit,Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 18: Qui omnīs homines supero atque antideo cruciabilitatibus animi,id. Cist. 2, 1, 3: aliquem sapientiā,Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 17: alicui aetate,Cic. Phil. 9, 1; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5: aliquem virtutibus,Nep. Thras. 1, 3: aetatem meam honoribus vestris anteistis,Liv. 38, 51: candore nives, cursibus auras,Verg. A. 12, 84 al.—Pass.: se aequales tui, abs te anteiri putant,Cic. Sull. 8: a deterioribus honore anteiri,Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3; Tac. H. 2, 101.—More rare
* To anticipate, prevent any thing: damnationem anteiit,Tac. A. 6, 29; id. ib. 15, 38.
* To oppose, resist: auctoritati parentis,Tac. A. 5, 3.—*
* Poet., to know beforehand, to foreknow: quid vellet crastinus Auster, Anteibat,Sil. 14, 455.

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