prefer
- Verb. (transitive, now) To advance, promote (someone). (defdate, from 14th c.) .
- Verb. (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. (defdate, from 14th c.) .
- Verb. (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). (defdate, from 16th c.) .
- Verb. (obsolete, transitive) To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend ((term, to) ). (defdate, 16th-19th c.) .
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