(v. a.P. a.) : prae-rŏgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* To ask before another, to ask first: sententias, non more atque ordine, sed prout libuisset, praerogabat,Suet. Aug. 35.
* To pay beforehand or in advance: pensionem,Dig. 19, 2, 19: expensas,Cod. Just. 10, 31, 20.— Hence, praerŏgātus, a, um, P. a., asked before (class.): cujus in honore non unius tribus pars, sed comitia tota comitiis fuerint praerogata,Cic. Planc. 20, 49 (al. praerogativa): lex, proposed previously, Cod. 16, 11, 1.

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