antĕ-ĕo, īvi or ii, īre, v. n. (old form antĭdeo = anteeo, like antidea for antea, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 3; antidit = anteit, id. Trin. 2, 4, 145 Ritschl. In verse the e in ante blends with the foll. e or i, per synaloephen, into one syll.; hence, anteire trisyl., Lucr. 4 [141]; cf. Hor. C. 1, 35, 17; id. Ep. 1, 2, 70 al.; later we find the sync. forms: pres. subj. antēat, Ov. A. A. 2, 726; fut. antībo, Tac. A. 5, 6; pluperf. subj. antīssent, id. ib. 3, 69; inf. antīsse, id. ib. 4, 40). In space, to go before, precede, to take the lead; with dat., acc., or absol. With dat.: interdum montes Montibus anteire (videntur), Lucr. 4 [141]: praetoribus anteeunt, Cic. Agr. 2, 34.— With acc.: te anteit necessitas, Hor. C. 1, 35, 17.— Absol.: barbarum jubebat anteire, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25; so Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 70; Liv. 1, 59; Tac. A. 3, 69; Suet. Caes. 57; id. Aug. 64. — Trop. To go before: anteibit faciem tuam justitia, * Vulg. Isa. 58, 8.— To excel, surpass any one: virtus omnibus rebus anteit, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 18: Qui omnīs homines supero atque antideo cruciabilitatibus animi, id. Cist. 2, 1, 3: aliquem sapientiā, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 17: alicui aetate, Cic. Phil. 9, 1; id. Tusc. 1, 3, 5: aliquem virtutibus, Nep. Thras. 1, 3: aetatem meam honoribus vestris anteistis, Liv. 38, 51: candore nives, cursibus auras, Verg. A. 12, 84 al.—Pass.: se aequales tui, abs te anteiri putant, Cic. Sull. 8: a deterioribus honore anteiri, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 3; Tac. H. 2, 101.—More rare, To anticipate, prevent any thing: damnationem anteiit, Tac. A. 6, 29; id. ib. 15, 38.— To oppose, resist: auctoritati parentis, Tac. A. 5, 3.—* Poet., to know beforehand, to foreknow: quid vellet crastinus Auster, Anteibat, Sil. 14, 455.