προκατεργάζομαι

A. subdue first, τινα D.C. 43.4.

2. prepare beforehand, Thphr. CP 3.20.8, al.; work up beforehand, τὸ ψυχικὸν πνεῦμα Gal. UP 8.10; do or perform beforehand, χρήσιμον π. ἔργον D.S. 30.8:—pf. Pass., Id. 4.17; to be prepared, J. AJ 19.1.14, Plu. Comp. Demetr.Ant. 1: aor. προκατειργάσθην only in pass. sense, ταῖς ‐ασθείσαις πράξεσι already performed, D.S. 1.53; ‐ασθεὶς τῇ μάχῃ worn out, exhausted, Paus. 6.6.5; of food, digested, Gal. 1.655.