praecano

prae-căno, ĕre ( perf. praececini), v. a.

I.

To foretell, predict, prophesy (post-class.;

for the class. praecino),

Tert. adv. Jud. 10; id. adv. Marc. 4, 40; Mamert. Genethl. 10 (al. praecinebant; v. praecino, II.).—

* II.

To anticipate, i. e. prevent, destroy in advance the power of an enchantment:

aiunt (viperam) praecanere,

Plin. 29, 4, 21, § 69 dub. (perh. recanere, cf. id. 28, 2, 4, § 19).