προεπίσταμαι

A. know or understand beforehand, Pl. Grg. 459e, X. Cyr. 4.3.12, Isoc. 9.12, Arist. APr. 67a22, Ael. NA 7.8, etc.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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