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* V. dep. n. and a.
* To ride, fly, or flow before, in front, or past (not in Cic. or Caes.): equites Romani praevecti,who had ridden before them,Liv. 9, 35: praevectus equo,Verg. A. 7, 166: praevectus ad Germanicum exercitum,Tac. H. 5, 16: dum missilia hostium praevehuntur,fly before them,id. ib. 4, 71.
* Lit., to rush or flow past: Rhenus servat nomen, quā Germaniam praevehitur,flows by,Tac. A. 2, 6.
* Trop., to flow forth: omnia haec mire placent, cum impetu quodam et flumine praevehuntur,Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.

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