predilect

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English

Verb

predilect (third-person singular simple present predilects, present participle predilecting, simple past and past participle predilected)

  1. (transitive) To elect or choose beforehand.
    • 1767, Walter Harte, “Eulogius”, in The amaranth; or, Religious poems:
      Heav'n to its predilected children grants / The middle space 'twixt opulence and wants.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prediletto, influenced by predilecție.

Adjective

predilect m or n (feminine singular predilectă, masculine plural predilecți, feminine and neuter plural predilecte)

  1. favourite

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite predilect predilectă predilecți predilecte
definite predilectul predilecta predilecții predilectele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite predilect predilecte predilecți predilecte
definite predilectului predilectei predilecților predilectelor
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