antē-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. n., to come before, get the start of, anticipate.
I Lit., with dat. or acc. (cf. Rudd. II. p. 137): temport, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 66 (tempus, Claud. 23, 152): exercitum, Sall. J. 48, 2; so id. ib. 56, 2: consilia et insidias (hostium), to thwart , id. ib. 88, 2.— Pass. : omni tempore anteventum est, Cato ap. Non. p. 87, 17.—
II Trop., to exceed , surpass , excel (very rare): amor omnibus rebus antevenit, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 1: per virtutem nobilitatem, Sall. J. 4, 7.— Also, absol. , to become greater , more distinguished : beneficia, ubi multum antevenere, Tac. A. 4, 18.