Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PREF'ER-A-BLE
PREF'ER-A-BLE, a. [Fr.]
- 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.
- More excellent; of better quality; as, Madeira wine is preferable to claret.
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