What does preferre mean?

preferre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"[…] let him go, And preſently preferre his ſuite to Cæſar."
"And therefore doe they preferre the beloved, and verifie that the Gods likewiſe preferre the ſame:[…]"
"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."

preferres (present, singular) preferring (participle, present) preferred (participle, past) preferred (past)

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