to put before, or prefer someone over another (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
yacatticatlalia. nite. (pret. oniteyacatticatlali.) anteponer o preferir alguna persona a otra. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 30v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.