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predilecting

predilecting is the present participle and gerund 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 predilecting

What is predilecting the present participle and gerund of?
Predilecting is the present participle and gerund of predilect.

Words near predilecting in the dictionary

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

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