Home › Words › A › antevolateantevolate/ænˈtɪvɒleɪt/antevolate means to fly before or in front of.antevolate is pronounced /ænˈtɪvɒleɪt/.EtymologyFrom antevolāt-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin antevolō (“to fly before”), from ante (“before”, “in front of”) + volō (“to fly”).verbTo fly before or in front of.e.g.“Several scouts antevolated the main column to ensure its security by gathering reconnaissance data from the terrain ahead.”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.volitate 65% match — To fly. vs antevolate →antevenient 63% match — Coming before; preceding. vs antevolate →volitary 61% match — Pertaining to flight. vs antevolate →transvolation 60% match — A flight beyond or across. vs antevolate →anteal 60% match — Located before, or in front. vs antevolate →volitant 60% match — flying; capable of flight. vs antevolate →circumvolant 59% match — flying around vs antevolate →forerun 58% match — To run in front. vs antevolate →