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praegustare [CL] 1 to taste first or before another. b to taste, partake of. Brihtricus ‥ decessit quod ex potu sine regine nimirum conscientia ~averat W. Malm. GR II 113.  b idromellum ‥ ultimo die Novembris mensis in circuitu sedentes in commune ~ant W. Malm. GR II 189; aliquando panem solum sumens, nullum penitus liquorem ~avit V. Edm. Rich P 1793A. 2 to taste (fig.) or experience in advance. spei caelestis ac si saporem ~ans Gildas EB 29; post ~atas saluberrimae doctrinae miculas B. Ep. 387; quid morer? assidua pregustat morte perennem / talibus hic mortem semper ubique miser L. Durh. Dial. IV 247; c1214 nullam ecclesiasticam justiciam nisi precio pretaxato et ~ato, equo viz. ad minus ‥ ad hoc electo, exibere voluistis Gir. Ep. 8 p. 278; angelus ‥ quesivit ab illo si vellet ~are que essent gaudia future vite P. Cornw. Rev. I 183; quod aliqualem future beatitudinis dulcedinem ~abant in delectacione divine bonitatis Spec. Incl. 3. 2.

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