praecento, āre [prae-canto],
to sing before , to offer consolation in song : huic Epicurus praecentet, si potest, cum, etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94 B. and K.; v. Madv. ad loc.
praecentō —, —, āre prae+canto, to utter incantations before : huic. ...
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