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verb (used with object), pre·ferred, pre·fer·ring.

  1. to set or hold before or above other persons or things in estimation; like better; choose rather than: to prefer beef to chicken.
  2. Law. to give priority, as to one creditor over another.
  3. to put forward or present (a statement, suit, charge, etc.) for consideration or sanction.
  4. to put forward or advance, as in rank or office; promote: to be preferred for advancement.

verb -fers, -ferring or -ferred

  1. (when tr, may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to like better or value more highlyI prefer to stand
  2. law to give preference, esp to one creditor over others
  3. (esp of the police) to put (charges) before a court, judge, magistrate, etc, for consideration and judgment
  4. (tr; often passive) to advance in rank over another or others; promote

v.late 14c., “to put forward or advance in rank or fortune, to promote,” from Old French preferer (14c.) and directly from Latin praeferre “place or set before, carry in front,” from prae “before” (see pre-) + ferre “to carry, to place” (see infer). Meaning “to esteem (something) more than others” also is recorded from late 14c. Original sense in English is preserved in preferment.

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