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prae-secō cuī, ctus, āre,

to cut off before, cut away, cut off, cut out: praesectis mulierum crinibus, Cs.: partem, O.—Fig.: Praesectum deciens non castigavit ad unguem, i. e. accurately, H. (al. perfectum).

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