prestate, v. Rom. Law.
(ˈprɛsteɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of L. præstāre to stand before, to stand good for, vouch for, answer for: see prest v.1 and -ate3.]
trans. To undertake, take upon oneself, become responsible for; to furnish, manifest.
| 1880 Muirhead Gaius ii. §215 All that the heir is bound to prestate in such a case..is sufferance [damnetur heres patientiam præstare]. ― Ulpian ii. §9. 367 Any person to whose good faith it can be committed to prestate a thing [ad rem aliquam præstandam] may also have it committed to his good faith to confer freedom. |