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present participle and gerund of prefer examples
present participle and gerund of preferre examples
plural preferrings
A preference; the choice of something preferred. quotations examples
He gives our preferrings the bad name of the machinery of motives, but they are just what we feel in ourselves when we decide.
1984, Steven M. Cahn, Patricia Kitcher, George Sher, Reason at Work: Introductory Readings in Philosophy, page 497