I.to form or fashion beforehand, to instruct beforehand, to prepare, etc. (post-Aug.): “his praeformat dictis,” Sil. 7, 385; Tert. Apol. 1 fin.: “velut praeformata materia,” Quint. 2, 6, 5: “praeformatae infantibus litterae,” traced beforehand, id. 5, 14, 31.
prae-formo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,