Latin

Verb

praecīdō ‎(present infinitive praecīdere, perfect active praecīdī, supine praecīsum); third conjugation

1. I cut off in front or through; shorten; sever, separate.
2. I beat to pieces, batter, smash.
3. (nautical) I cut off or across, avoid, sail straight.
4. (of discourse) I cut short, abridge; I am brief; break off or finish abruptly.
5. I break off, cut off, end, destroy.
6. I deny flatly, refuse, decline.

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Descendants

• Italian: precidere

References

• praecido in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praecido in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praecido”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.