Meaning of preferr | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of prefer.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“Let⟳ us then feede his flocke with a trebble zeale, expressed in our prayer, preaching and living: Let⟳ us make⟳ it appeare to the consciences of all, that the top of our ambition is Gods glory: and that wee preferr the winning of soules, to the winning of the world.”

“But, Pyrophilus, though this be at present⟳ the Hypothesis I preferr, yet I propose⟳ it but in a General Sense⟳, teaching only that the Beams of Light⟳, Modify'd by the Bodies whence they are sent (Reflected or Refracted) to the Eye, produce⟳ there that Kind of Sensation, Men commonly call⟳ Colour; But whether I think⟳ this Modification of the Light⟳ to be perform'd by Mixing it with Shades, or by Varying the Proportion of the Progress⟳ and Rotation of the Cartesian Globuli Caelestes, or by some other way which I am not now to mention⟳, I pretend⟳ not here to Declare⟳.”

“Thistle, Carduus Mariae; our Lady's milky or dappl'd Thistle, disarm'd of its Prickles, is worth esteem: The young Stalk about May, being peel'd and soak'd in Water, to extract the bitterness, boil'd or raw, is a very wholsome Sallet, eaten with Oyl, Salt, and Peper; some eat⟳ them sodden in proper Broath, or bak'd in Pies, like⟳ the Artichoak; but the tender Stalk boil'd or fry'd, some preferr; both Nourishing and Restorative. 69.”

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