antĕ-fĕro, tŭli, lātum, ferre, v. a.
I To bear or carry before : ut legum latarum tituli anteferrentur, Tac. A. 1, 8.—More freq.,
II Trop., to place before , to prefer , give the preference to , aliquem alicui: longe omnibus unum Demosthenem, Cic. Or. 7; so id. Sull. 32; id. Att. 6, 8; id. Fam. 1, 9; 5, 20; 6, 6 al.: cum ipse ceteris esset omni honore antelatus, id. Prov. Cons. 11; Nep. Them. 1, 1.—*
III To anticipate : quod dies est allaturus, id consilio anteferre debemus, i. e. to consider beforehand , to reflect upon (in order to diminish the overpowering effect of it), Cic. Fam. 5, 16.