prefer

Prefer is defined as to like someone or something better than another.

(verb)

An example of to prefer is choosing vanilla over chocolate.

See prefer in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to put before someone else in rank, office, etc.; promote; advance
to put before a magistrate, administrator, court, etc. for consideration, sanction, or redress: to prefer charges against an attacker
to put before something or someone else in one's liking, opinion, etc.; like better
to give preference or priority to (a creditor, etc.)

Origin: ME preferren < MFr preferer < L praeferre, to place before < prae-, pre- + ferre, bear

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See prefer in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb pre·ferred, pre·fer·ring, pre·fers

To choose or be in the habit of choosing as more desirable or as having more value: prefers coffee to tea.
Law
a. To give priority or precedence to (a creditor).
b. To file, prosecute, or offer for consideration or resolution before a magistrate, court, or other legal authority: preferred the suit in a higher court.
Archaic To recommend for advancement or appointment; promote.

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Origin: Middle English preferren

Origin: , from Old French preferer

Origin: , from Latin praeferre

Origin: : prae-, pre-

Origin: + ferre, to carry; see bher-¹ in Indo-European roots

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