Lewis Short
(verb) : prae-sēmĭno, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, , to sow or plant beforehand (post-class.).
* Lit.: non nati sunt homines tamquam ex draconis dentibus praeseminati,Lact. 6, 10: vis naturalis, et quasi praeseminata, Aug Gen. ad Lit. 3, 14.
* Trop., to lay the foundation for, to prepare for, to undertake a thing: majora sibi praeseminans, Amm. 30, 2, 1; Ambros. Ep. 5, 3; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 24.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary