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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
predilect .
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Examples
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They are the representation of a future freehold, they cherish in the mind of the possessor a latent, though distant, hope, that by his success in his next whale season, he may be able to pitch on some predilected spot, and there build himself a home, to which he may retire, and spend the latter end of his days in peace.
Letters from an American Farmer J. Hector St. John de Cr��vecoeur 1774
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In addition if unionism is making decisions primarily predilected to avoid the IRA going back to violence, it is being blackmailed as well as conned.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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In addition if unionism is making decisions primarily predilected to avoid the IRA going back to violence, it is being blackmailed as well as conned.
Slugger O'Toole 2009
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