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i. [ So th' Element in Wine pre do mining , It hot, and cold, and moist, and dry doth bring. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 21. ease. pre dispositional (prē-dis-po-zish'on-al), a. [ are only the restored activity and more fully developed results of some pre dispositional state. H. Bushnell , Christian Nurture, p. 247. [Rare.] done; fordone; worn out; exhausted. I am as one desperate and predone with various kinds of work at once. Kingsley, Life, II. 99. ( Davies.) predoom (pre-döm'), v. t. [ Some read the King's face, some the Queen's, and all Had marvel what the maid might be, but most Predoom'd her as unworthy. Tennyson, Lance lot and Elaine. IMG:content-0842.png:[blocks in formation] predominance (pre-dom'i-nans), n. [F. pré- dominance = Sp. Pg. pre dom in an cia , * præ- dominant i a , prædominan ( t- )s, predominant: predominant; prevalence over others; super i- see predominant .] 1. The quality of being 2. To predestinate; foreordain. ority in power, authority, or influence; dom i- nation; preponderance. He who values Liberty confines His zeal for her predominance within No narrow bounds. Couper, Task, v. 394. predilection (prē-di-lek's hon), n. [= F. prédi- 2. In astrol., the superior influence of a planet; IMG:content-0843.png:[blocks in formation] Sp. predileccion = Pg. predilecção It. predilezione , prædilectio ( n- ), preference, prædiligere , prefer: see predilect , dilec tion .] A prepo e ion of the mind in favor of something; a preference. For his sake I have a predilection for the whole corps of veterans. Sterne , Sentimental Journey, p. 56. Temple had never sat in the English Parliament, and therefore regarded it with none of the predilection which men naturally feel for a body to which they belong. Macaulay , Sir William Temple. =Syn. Liking , Attachment , etc. (see lovel ), partiality, inclination (toward), preference. IMG:content-0844.png:[blocks in formation]