<span class="searchmatch">præferable</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">præferable</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">præferable</span>) Archaic spelling of preferable. 1659, The Third Part or Walk of the Forest: […];...
See also: préférable <span class="searchmatch">præferable</span> (archaic) preferrable From prefer + -able, probably after Middle French preferable. Compare preference, preferential,...
lƀ. a year contained in his contract of marriage, they ware <span class="searchmatch">præferable</span>, being <span class="searchmatch">præferable</span> and prior creditors, and ſo he was ſucceſſor titulo lucrativo...