anticipate
From LSJ
μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ → do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
get the start of: P. and V. προλαμβάνω, προλαμβάνειν, φθάνω, φθάνειν, προφθάνειν, P. προκαταλαμβάνειν.
perceive beforehand: P. προαισθάνεσθαι, P. and V. προγιγνώσκειν.
