antevolate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ăntĭʹvŏlāt, IPA(key): /ænˈtɪvɒleɪt/
- (UK) enPR: ăntĕʹvŏlāt, IPA(key): /anˈtɛvɒleɪt/
- (US) enPR: ăntĕʹvŏlāt', IPA(key): /ænˈtɛvɑˌleɪt/
Verb[edit]
antevolate (third-person singular simple present antevolates, present participle antevolating, simple past and past participle antevolated)
- (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[edit]
- “† 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[edit]
Verb[edit]
antevolāte
- 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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)