I.to veil or cover over; to conceal by placing before (late Lat.): “flammea praevelatura pudorem,” Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 325: “praevelans fronde secures,” id. VI. Cons. Honor. 647: “amnem Tiberis domibus amoenis,” id. Laud. Stil. 2, 189.
prae-vēlo , āre, v. a.,