Prefer: alternatives and connections

To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.

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Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantag…

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To cease to proceed or act; to stop; to forbear; -- often with from.

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To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern.

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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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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Elevated; raised aloft.

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Having the same, or nearly the same, appearance, qualities, or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the part…

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To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

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To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Taken from a number by preferance; picked out as more valuable or exellent than others; of special value or exellence; nicely chosen; selected; choic…

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Taken.

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Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

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Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

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Expressing desire or wish.

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Expressing desire or wish.

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A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.

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A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.

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The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

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The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

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To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to b…

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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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Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will.

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an inclination to approve; "that style is in favor this season"

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