Definition of anteverto
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LNS
antevertō, antevertere, antevertī, anteversus
ante, verto
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to place one's self before, to go or come before, to precede
  2. To anticipate
  3. To prefer, to place before
Abbreviations
ante-verto (archaic -vor-), ti, sum, 3, v. a. (as dep antevortar, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 1), to place one's self before, to go or come before, to precede. Lit.: maerores antevortunt gaudiis, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 60: stella tum antevertens, tum subsequens, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53: itaque antevertit, id. Mil. 17.

— Trop. To anticipate: miror, ubi ego huic antevorterim, * Ter. Eun. 4, 5, 12: mihi Fannius antevertit, Cic. Am. 4, 16: damnationem veneno, Tac. A. 13, 30.

— To prefer, to place before: rebus aliis antevortar, ut, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 3, 5, 1: Caesar omnibus consiliis antevertendum existimavit, ut, etc., Caes. B. G. 7, 7 (where omnibus consiliis are not, as Herz. ad h. l. supposes, the abl., but analog. to rebus aliis in the preced. example, in the dat., e. g.: prae omnibus aliis consiliis id efficiendum existimavit ut, etc., Fr.).
 
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