Latin

Verb

praeferō ‎(present infinitive praeferre, perfect active praetulī, supine praelātum); third conjugation, irregular

1. I bear, hold or carry before or forth
2. I carry before, place or set before, offer, present
3. I place someone or something before another
4. I prefer, like
5. I take beforehand, anticipate
6. I show, display, exhibit, discover, expose, reveal, betray

Inflection

Derived terms

• praefericulum
• praelātiō
• praelātor
• praelātus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• praefero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praefero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “praefero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces: fasces praeferre, summittere
    
• praefero in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016