Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-DI-LEC'TION
PRE-DI-GES'TIONPRE-DIS-PO'NENT
PRE-DI-LEC'TION, n. [Fr.; It. predilezione; L. præ, before, and dilectus, diligo, to love.]
A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of some thing. – Warton.
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