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predilect

predilect verb: to elect or choose beforehand.

Verb

predilect (third-person singular simple present predilects, present participle predilecting, simple past and past participle predilected)

  1. (transitive) To elect or choose beforehand.
    • Heav'n to its predilected children grants / The middle space 'twixt opulence and wants.1767, Walter Harte, “Eulogius”, in The amaranth; or, Religious poems

Forms of predilect

third-person singular presentpredilects
present participlepredilecting
past participlepredilected
pastpredilected

Questions about predilect

What does predilect mean?
Predilect means to elect or choose beforehand.
What part of speech is predilect?
Predilect is a verb.
What is the past tense of predilect?
The past tense of predilect is predilected.

Words near predilect in the dictionary

  1. predilated
  2. predilates
  3. predilating
  4. predilation
  5. predilatory
  6. predilect
  7. predilected
  8. predilecting
  9. predilection
  10. predilections
  11. predilects

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