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Webster 1913 Edition
Predilect
Preˊdi-lect′
,Verb.
T.
To elect or choose beforehand.
[R.]
Walter Harte.
Definition 2024
predilect
predilect
English
Verb
predilect (third-person singular simple present predilects, present participle predilecting, simple past and past participle predilected)
- (transitive) To elect or choose beforehand.
- Walter Harte
- Heav'n to its predilected children grants / The middle space 'twixt opulence and wants.
- Walter Harte