prae-fulcĭo, si, tum, 4, v. a.
I To prop up , support a thing. *
A Lit.: mollire praefultum torum, Prud. στεφ. 5, 335.—
B Trop.: primum illud praefulci atque praemuni, quaeso, ut simus annui, secure , Cic. Att. 5, 13, 3: aliquid multis modis, Gell. 7, 3, 44: servitus, ubi ego omnibus Parvis magnisque miseriis praefulcior, qs. am propped up , i. e. surrounded , hedged in by , Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 6.—
II To place in front as a prop or stay; trop.: quin me suis negotiis praefulciat, use me as a prop , Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 12.