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单词 prestate
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prestatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praestāt-, praestāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin praestāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of praestāre to present, show, to vouch for, take responsibility for (see prest v.1). Compare much earlier prestation n. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (pre·steit) /ˈprɛsteɪt/.
Roman Law. Obsolete.
transitive. To undertake, take upon oneself, or take responsibility for; to manifest.
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1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 149 All that the heir is bound to prestate in such a case as this is sufferance [L. damnetur heres patientiam praestare].
1880 J. Muirhead tr. Ulpian Rules , in tr. Gaius Institutes ii. §9. 367 Any person to whose good faith it can be committed to prestate a thing [L. ad rem aliquam praestandam] may also have it committed to his good faith to confer freedom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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