to weave before, fringe, edge, border: Purpura praetexit amictūs, O.: litora Praetexunt puppes, V.: nationes Rheno
praetexuntur, border on the Rhine, Ta.—To border, furnish,
provide, adorn: primis litteris sententiae carmen omne
praetexitur, i. e. the initial letters of the verses are those of the
sentence: omnia lenioribus principiis natura praetexuit,
has provided with, etc.: praetexta quercu domus, O.: praetexat
fastigia chartae littera, i. e. be written on the margin,
Tb.—Fig., to cover, cloak, conceal, disguise: hoc nomine
culpam, V.—To assign as a pretext: servatam
ab eo filiam, Ta.: nomina speciosa, Ta.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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