antevenio

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.