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Prefer

/prɪˈfɜː/
To like or choose one thing or person over another.

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Examples:

I preferred the pirates and I began to run back.

Therefore, your brain prefers familiar things.

Stay, decidedly I prefer calling him Voliere."

Etymology:

etymology
From Late Middle English, borrowed from Old French preferer, which comes from Latin praeferre, where prae- means before and ferre means to carry.

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