to say beforehand, utter in advance, premise, preface:
in parte operis mei licet mihi praefari, quod, etc.,
L.: quae de deorum naturā praefati sumus, etc.:
arcana se et silenda adferre praefatus, Cu.: honorem, i. e.
to begin by saying, ‘I speak with deference:’
Talia praefantes, foretelling, Ct.—To utter a preliminary
prayer, address in prayer beforehand: maiores nostri omnibus rebus
agendis Quod bonum, faustum, felix fortunatumque esset, praefabantur:
carminibus, say in verse beforehand, L.—To invoke: divos, V.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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