praeproperare Save DMLBS praeproperare [CL prae-+properare] , to hasten in front of or greatly. b (tr.) to prepare w. excessive haste. Christiani ‥ gradatim ibant nec alius alium inordinate ~abat Ord. Vit. IX 10 557. b sollicitudo gravis, preproperatus honor G. Wint. Epigr. 111.