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predilected

predilected is the simple past and past participle of predilect.

Meaning of predilect

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

Questions about predilected

What is predilected the simple past and past participle of?
Predilected is the simple past and past participle of predilect.

Words near predilected in the dictionary

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

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