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(verb) : prae-lēgo, āvi, ātum, 1
* To bequeath beforehand, i. e. to bequeath a thing to be given before the inheritance is divided (post-Aug.): eam coronam testamento ei praelegavit,Plin. 33, 2, 11, § 38: peculia filiis, Dig. 33, 8, 26: fundum,ib. 31, 1, 69: uxori dotem,Paul. Sent. 4, 1, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-lĕgo, lēgi, lectum, 3
* To read any thing to others, as a teacher, to show how it should be read, to set an example in reading, to lecture upon an author (post-Aug.): auctores,Quint. 1, 5, 11: Vergilium et alios poëtas,Suet. Gram. 16.
* To pick or choose out, to select (post-class.): praelectus hircus,App. M. 7, p. 192, 29.
* To sail by or along a place (post-Aug. for praetervehor); with acc.: Campaniam,Tac. A. 6, 1; 2, 79 init.: Alsia praelegitur tellus, is sailed by, Rut. Itin. 1, 223.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary