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predilects

predilects is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 predilects

What is predilects the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Predilects is the third-person singular simple present indicative of predilect.

Words near predilects in the dictionary

  1. predilect
  2. predilected
  3. predilecting
  4. predilection
  5. predilections
  6. predilects
  7. predilute
  8. prediluted
  9. predilutes
  10. prediluting
  11. predilution

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