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Webster 1913 Edition


Predilect

Preˊdi-lect′

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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)

  1. (transitive) To elect or choose beforehand.
    • Walter Harte
      Heav'n to its predilected children grants / The middle space 'twixt opulence and wants.