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praeaudire [LL, cf. CL praeauditus=examined beforehand (in a court of law)] 1 to hear before. qui nec artium vel etiam grammatice ~ivit rudimenta M. Par. Maj. V 468; s1298 dicens quod inter cetera certamina inter regna ~ita figura fuit pulcherime victorie ‥ Bower XI 30. 2 (p. ppl. as sb. n.) something heard before. 1300 vestre congregacionis consorcium de quo ex sepius ~itis bonam opinionem concepimus Reg. Cant. I 384.

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