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praecaptare

praecaptare [CL prae-+captare] , to take in or note in advance, to anticipate or act in anticipation of. 1355 ~anda solucione predicte summe ‥ ipsius partem magnam expendebant Lit. Cant. II 338; comes de Donbar ‥ homo legeus regis Anglie devenit ‥; tamen ‥ Scoti, factum suum hujusmodi ~antes, eadem [sc. castra sua] ad usum regis Scocie occupabant Ad. Usk 65.

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