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Prefer vs Foretake - What's the difference?

prefer | foretake |

In transitive terms the difference between prefer and foretake

is that prefer is to present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges") while foretake is to take or choose before another (option); prefer.

As verbs the difference between prefer and foretake

is that prefer is to advance, promote (someone) while foretake is to take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.

prefer

English

Alternative forms

* * preferre

Verb

(preferr)
  • *, II.3.2:
  • *:Tiberius preferred many to honours in his time, because they were famous whoremasters and sturdy drinkers.
  • (lb) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.
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  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
  • (lb) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges").
  • *1630 , , True Travels , in Kupperman 1988, p.36:
  • *:one Master David Hume, who making some use of his purse, gave him Letters to his friends in Scotland to preferre him to King James.
  • *1817 , (Walter Scott), , XVII:
  • *:Such were the arguments which my will boldly preferred to my conscience, as coin which ought to be current, and which conscience, like a grumbling shopkeeper, was contented to accept.

    • Usage notes

    * The verb can be used in three different forms: *
  • prefer'' + noun + ''to'' (or ''over'') + noun. Example: ''I prefer coffee to tea .
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  • prefer'' + gerund + ''to'' (or ''over'') + gerund. Example: ''I prefer skiing to swimming .
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  • prefer'' + full infinitive + ''rather than'' + bare infinitive. Example: ''I prefer to eat fish rather than (eat) meat .

    • Derived terms

    * preference * preferential

    foretake

    English

    Verb

  • To take, receive, or adopt beforehand; assume.
  • *1855 , John Claudius Pitrat, Paul and Julia :
    • You shall bring and lay in our hands tne product of your activity: we will divide it into two parts — the one shall be ours; it shall be sacred; you shall call it tithe; we will foretake it [...]
  • *2006 , Robert L. Sanders, An Appeal to Reveal Poetic Ideal :
    • Enraptures a man to foretake his pleasure, And capture a woman to partake her treasure.
  • *2010 , Raymond A. Francis, True Experiences: The Sins That Brought Me to My Knees :
    • Upon entering, she showed me to the bedroom. I got undressed and laid on the bed, thinking of the course of action I had to foretake as I lay there.
  • To take or choose before another (option); prefer.
  • *2011 , Jacqueline Prost, Journey Through Experiences :
    • To be healthy and acknowledged I strive to be my very best / I am grateful and thankful For the blessings I do have / I foretake to dream the biggest dream yet [...]