What is worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme. Addison called?
preferable — Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more desirable; as, a preferable scheme. Addison. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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