predilect

English

Verb

predilect (third-person singular simple present predilects, present participle predilecting, simple past and past participle predilected)

1. (transitive) To elect or choose beforehand.
   • 1767, Walter Harte, “Eulogius”, in The amaranth; or, Religious poems:

     Heav'n to its predilected children grants / The middle space 'twixt opulence and wants.

Related terms

• predilection

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian prediletto, influenced by predilecție.

Adjective

predilect m or n (feminine singular predilectă, masculine plural predilecți, feminine and neuter plural predilecte)

1. favourite

Declension

Declension of predilect

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	predilect		predilectă	predilecți	predilecte
	definite	predilectul		predilecta	predilecții	predilectele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	predilect		predilecte	predilecți	predilecte
	definite	predilectului		predilectei	predilecților	predilectelor