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Preferrer :: Preferrer (n.) One who prefers.

Ambition :: Ambition (n.) An eager, and sometimes an inordinate, desire for preferment, honor, superiority, power, or the attainment of something..

Will :: Will (v.) The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects.

Choice :: Choice (n.) The best part; that which is preferable.

Will :: Will (v.) The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition.

Preferability :: Preferability (n.) The quality or state of being preferable; preferableness.

Preferment :: Preferment (n.) The act of choosing, or the state of being chosen; preference..

Preferable :: Preferable (a.) Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme..

Surly :: Surloin (n.) A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography..

Favorite :: Favorite (n.) A person or thing regarded with peculiar favor; one treated with partiality; one preferred above others; especially, one unduly loved, trusted, and enriched with favors by a person of high rank or authority..

Choicely :: Choicely (adv.) In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently.

Roebuck :: Roebuck (n.) A small European and Asiatic deer (Capreolus capraea) having erect, cylindrical, branched antlers, forked at the summit. This, the smallest European deer, is very nimble and graceful. It always prefers a mountainous country, or high grounds..

Hail :: Hail (a.) Healthy. See Hale (the preferable spelling).

Purveyance :: Purveyance (n.) A providing necessaries for the sovereign by buying them at an appraised value in preference to all others, and oven without the owner's consent. This was formerly a royal prerogative, but has long been abolished..

Preemption :: Preemption (n.) The right of an actual settler upon public lands (particularly those of the United States) to purchase a certain portion at a fixed price in preference to all other applicants.

Preferment :: Preferment (n.) A position or office of honor or profit; as, the preferments of the church..

Yew :: Yew (n.) The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact, fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for these purposes coming from Spain..

Prefer :: Prefer (v. t.) To carry or bring (something) forward, or before one; hence, to bring for consideration, acceptance, judgment, etc.; to offer; to present; to proffer; to address; -- said especially of a request, prayer, petition, claim, charge, etc..

Annates :: Annates (n. pl.) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings..

Choose :: Choose (v. t.) To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils..

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