PREDILECT

Verb

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

(transitive) To elect or choose beforehand.

Source: Wiktionary


Pre`di*lect", v. t.

Definition: To elect or choose beforehand. [R.] Walter Harte.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 November 2024

NAUSEATING

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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