1. to have gone before, be the first , (Thucydides)

2. to have advanced , πρ. ἐς βαθὺ τῆς ἡλικίας (Aristophanes Comicus); εἰς τοῦτο προήκειν to have come to this pass, (Demosthenes Orator); of Time, τῆς ἡμέρας προηκούσας (Plutarch)

3. to reach beyond , τῆς ἄρκυος (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)