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..

Prefer :: Prefer (v. t.) To go before, or be before, in estimation; to outrank; to surpass..

Prefer :: Prefer (v. t.) To cause to go before; hence, to advance before others, as to an office or dignity; to raise; to exalt; to promote; as, to prefer an officer to the rank of general..

Prefer :: Prefer (v. t.) To set above or before something else in estimation, favor, or liking; to regard or honor before another; to hold in greater favor; to choose rather; -- often followed by to, before, or above..

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

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

Preferableness :: Preferableness (n.) The quality or state of being preferable.

Preferably :: Preferably (adv.) In preference; by choice.

Preference :: Preference (n.) The act of Preferring, or the state of being preferred; the setting of one thing before another; precedence; higher estimation; predilection; choice; also, the power or opportunity of choosing; as, to give him his preference..

Preference :: Preference (n.) That which is preferred; the object of choice or superior favor; as, which is your preference?.

Preferential :: Preferential (a.) Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares..

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

Preferment :: Preferment (n.) The act of preferring, or advancing in dignity or office; the state of being advanced; promotion..

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

Preferred :: Preferred (imp. & p. p.) of Prefe.

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

Preferring :: Preferring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prefe.

Refer :: Refer (v. t.) To carry or send back.

Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..

Refer :: Refer (v. t.) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances..

Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary..

Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote..

Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election..

Refer :: Refer (v. i.) To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story..

Referable :: Referable (a.) Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable..

Referee :: Referee (n.) One to whom a thing is referred; a person to whom a matter in dispute has been referred, in order that he may settle it..

Reference :: Reference (n.) The act of referring, or the state of being referred; as, reference to a chart for guidance..

Reference :: Reference (n.) That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book..

Reference :: Reference (n.) Relation; regard; respect.

Reference :: Reference (n.) One who, or that which, is referred to..

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