prefer
pre.fer \pri-'f*r\ vt or pre.ferred; or pre.fer.ring [ME preferren, fr. MF preferer, fr. L praeferre to put before], prefer, fr. prae- + ferre to carry - more at BEAR archaic 1: to promote or advance to a rank or position 2: to choose or esteem above another 3: to give (a creditor) priority archaic 4: to put or set forward or before someone : RECOMMEND 5: to bring or lay (as a complaint) against 6: to bring forward or lay before one for consideration - pre.fer.rer n