(verb) : prae-ēmĭnĕo (praem-), ēre, and
* A., to project forwards, be prominent.
* Lit. (post-class.), Aug. Conf. 6, 9; Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 85: praeeminentes oculi,Dig. 21, 1, 12 (al. eminentes).
* Trop., to surpass, excel (post-Aug. for emineo, excello, praesto, etc.); constr. with dat. and acc.: qui Graecis praeeminet,Sen. Contr. 1, 4, 12 (dub. Burs. Graecos): genitis, Aus. Caes. n. 15: Cassius ceteros praeeminebat peritiā legum,Tac. A. 12, 12: appellatione aliqua cetera imperia praemineret,id. ib. 3, 56; 12, 33; 15, 34.

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