“predilect”的英文意思

单词

predilect

释义

predilect, a. rare.|priːdɪˈlɛkt|
[ad. med.L. prædīlect-us, pa. pple. of prædīligĕre to choose or love before others: see pre- A. 1 and dilect.]
Chosen or favoured in preference to others. So † prediˈlected Obs.
a1450Mankind (Brandl) 758 My predylecte sonn, where be ye?Ibid. 859 My predilecte specyall, ȝe are worthy to hawe my lowe.a1774W. Harte Charitable Mason Poems (1810) 387/2 Heav'n to its predilected children grants The middle space 'twixt opulence and wants.1860Mrs. W. P. Byrne Undercurrents Overlooked II. 102 The felon is the predilect object of public charity in England.

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