prae-pando, ĕre, v. a., to open or spread before, to spread out, extend (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit., Verg. Cul. 16: vestibula, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 80.—
II Trop.: lumina menti alicujus, Lucr. 1, 144: hibernos praepandens temporis ortus, Cic. Arat. 274 (40).