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Verb
preferre (third-person singular simple present preferres, present participle preferring, simple past and past participle preferred)
- Obsolete form of prefer.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 118, column 2: […] let him go,
And preſently preferre his ſuite to Cæſar.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, “27. Of Friendſhip.”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book I, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC, page 92:And therefore doe they preferre the beloved, and verifie that the Gods likewiſe preferre the ſame: […]
1610, Saint Augustine, “What it is to haue CHRIST for the foundation: who they are, that ſhalbe ſaued(as it were)by fire. Chap. 26.”, in J H[ealey], transl., St. Augustine, of the Citie of God: , : George Eld, →OCLC, book XXI, page 868:But if hee preferre theſe things before CHRIST, though hee ſeeme to hold his fayth, yet CHRIST is no foundation vnto him, in that hee preferres thoſe vanities before him.
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