(verb) : prae-cerpo (praecarpo, Oppius ap. Macr. S. 2, 15), psi, ptum, 3, carpo.
* To pluck, break off, or gather before, or before the time (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): messes,Ov. H. 20, 143: germinum tenera,Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 177: mala citrea (opp. maturescere), Oppius ap. Macr. l. l.
* Trop., to pluck beforehand; hence, to take away, lessen, diminish (class.): non praecerpo fructum officii tui,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37, § 80: purpurae decus praecerptum praefloratumque,Plin. Pan. 58 fin.: gratiam novitatis,id. Ep. 5, 20, 8.—*
* To pluck out in front: jubas,Stat. Th. 9, 193. —*
* To make extracts from: Aristotelis libros,Gell. 2, 30, 11.

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