préconiser

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French, from Medieval Latin preconizō, praeconizāre, from Latin praecō (crier, herald, noun).

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  • IPA(key): /pʁe.kɔ.ni.ze/
  • (file)

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préconiser

  1. to recommend, advocate
    Synonym: recommander
    • 1920–1921, Marcel Proust, Le Côté de Guermantes [The Guermantes Way] (À la recherche du temps perdu)‎[1]:
      Elle ne préconisait pas un genre de cure plutôt qu’un autre, pourvu que cette cure fût radicale.
      She did not recommend a particular kind of treatment over another, provided that the treatment was radical.
  2. (ecclesiastical) to preconise (to announce the appointment of a bishop)

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