Definition for PREF'ER-A-BLE

PREF'ER-A-BLE, a. [Fr.]

  1. Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more eligible; more desirable. Virtue is far preferable to vice, even for its pleasures in this life.
  2. More excellent; of better quality; as, Madeira wine is preferable to claret.

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