predilect
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
predilect (third-person singular simple present predilects, present participle predilecting, simple past and past participle predilected)
- (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[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian prediletto, influenced by predilecție.
Adjective[edit]
predilect m or n (feminine singular predilectă, masculine plural predilecți, feminine and neuter plural predilecte)
Declension[edit]
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 | |||