prefer

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prefer englannista suomeksi

To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. (defdate)

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(RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus)
(RQ:Chambers Younger Set)."
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To advance, promote (someone or something). (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Othello)
(RQ:King James Version), and hee preferred her and her maids, vnto the beſt ''place'' of the houſe of the women.
(RQ:Burton Melancholy).
(quote-text)|title=The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar|url=https://archive.org/details/pleasantandsurp00drurgoog|page=67|location=London
To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). (defdate)
(RQ:Shakespeare Julius Caesar), let him go, And preſently preferre his ſuite to ''Cæſar''.
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To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend ((m)). (defdate)
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(RQ:Scott Rob Roy).
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