antevolate

English

Etymology

An adaptation of antevolāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin antevolō (“I fly before”), from ante (“before”, “in front of”) + volō (“I fly”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăntĭʹvŏlāt, IPA^(key): /ænˈtɪvɒleɪt/
• (UK) enPR: ăntĕʹvŏlāt, IPA^(key): /anˈtɛvɒleɪt/
• (US) enPR: ăntĕʹvŏlāt', IPA^(key): /ænˈtɛvɑˌleɪt/

Verb

antevolate (third-person singular simple present antevolates, present participle antevolating, simple past and past participle antevolated)

1. (transitive, rare) To fly before or in front of.

   Several scouts antevolated the main column to ensure its security by gathering reconnaissance data from the terrain ahead.

References

• “† Antevolate, v.” listed on page 358 of volume I (A–B) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1885]
• “†antevolate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Latin

Verb

antevolāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of antevolō
   • 1592, Jacobus Pontanus, Progymnaſmata Latinitatis, volume 3, part 1, page 55:

     Facto agmine anteuolate ſancti angeli, & diuerſorium Regi veſtro præparate.

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