"preferre" meaning in All languages combined

See preferre on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: preferres [present, singular, third-person], preferring [participle, present], preferred [participle, past], preferred [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} preferre (third-person singular simple present preferres, present participle preferring, simple past and past participle preferred)
  1. Obsolete form of prefer. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: prefer
    Sense id: en-preferre-en-verb-XEgqBh0N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 118, column 2:",
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          "ref": "1603, Michel de Montaigne, “27. Of Friendſhip.”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 92:",
          "text": "And therefore doe they preferre the beloved, and verifie that the Gods likewiſe preferre the ſame:[…]",
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        },
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          "ref": "1610, Saint Augustine, translated by J[ohn] H[ealey], St. Augustine, of the Citie of God: […], [London]: […] George Eld, →OCLC, book XXI, page 868:",
          "text": "But if hee preferre theſe things before CHRIST, though hee ſeeme to hold his fayth, yet CHRIST is no foundation vnto him, in that hee preferres thoſe vanities before him.",
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