Prefer definition
Prefers coffee to tea.
An example of to prefer is choosing vanilla over chocolate.
Prefer an indictment.
Prefer the case for trial.
Such were the arguments which my will boldly preferred to my conscience, as coin which ought to be current, and which conscience, like a grumbling shopkeeper, was contented to accept [...].
To prefer charges against an attacker.
Origin of prefer
- Middle English preferren from Old French preferer from Latin praeferre prae- pre- ferre to carry bher-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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