prediligere

Meaning

to prefer, have predilection for

Hyphenated as
pre‧di‧lì‧ge‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pre.diˈli.d͡ʒe.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedīligere (“to esteem before others”), from prae- (“before”) + dis- (“apart; utterly”) + legere (“to choose”). By surface analysis, pre- + diligere.

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