prediligere

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin praedīligere (“to esteem before others”), from prae- (“before”) + dis- (“apart; utterly”) + legere (“to choose”). By surface analysis, pre- +‎ diligere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pre.diˈli.d͡ʒe.re/ Rhymes: -idʒere Hyphenation: pre‧di‧lì‧ge‧re === Verb === predilìgere (first-person singular present predilìgo, first-person singular past historic predilèssi, past participle predilètto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to prefer, have predilection for ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== diligere (“to respect”) predilezione (“partiality, predilection, taste”)