I.to be very famous or renowned (post-class.): “qui in vetustā praecluent comoediā,” Ter. Maur. p. 2433 P.: “praecluens potestas,” Prud. Cath. 4, 37.—In the collat. form praeclŭo , ĕre, v. n.: “vos, qui ex ubertate terrae praecluatis,” Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 38 Mai.
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