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What is the verb for preferences?

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prefer
  1. (transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.]
  2. (transitive, now dated) To advance, promote (someone or something). [from 14th c.]
  3. (transitive) To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). [from 16th c.]
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To put forward for acceptance; to introduce, recommend (to). [16th-19th c.]
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “I actually prefer plain old vanilla over the other flavors.”
      “I would prefer walking over being stuck on a crowded bus during rush hour.”
      “The prosecutor will prefer civil charges against several prominent ministers.”
preference
  1. (US) To give preferential treatment to; to give a preference to.
preferences
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preference
preferred
preferr
  1. Obsolete spelling of prefer
prefers
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A specialist plant which prefers soil on the acid side but in pots use a good quality potting mix for Australian natives.”
      “We have a friendly bluetongue lizard about 30 cm. long living happily in our backyard, but he prefers Adam's ale.”
      “Potential customers can get in touch via e-mail, phone, POST whichever the seller prefers.”
preferreth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of prefer
preferenced
  1. simple past tense and past participle of preference
  2. Examples:
    1. “In Cunningham every candidate preferenced the Green above the Labor candidate.”
      “He's the one who has preferenced people like the DLP and the Country Alliance, who could have a couple of seats in the upper house.”
      “The Greens and Labor have preferenced McGowan first.”
preferrest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of prefer
preferencing
  1. present participle of preference
prefered
  1. Misspelling of preferred.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The Commission, would have prefered lower values but accepted the Council's common position with a view to achieving a global compromise.”
      “Following his visit, he prefered reharmonizing the existing bells, and proposed a ringing of eight bells based on the bourdon of 1,025 kilos.”
      “Former gangster and escape artist, Michel Vaujour has always prefered adventure to submission, freedom to law.”
preferring
  1. present participle of prefer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Bettie, now preferring the name Marilyn, had been on and off of heroin for years now but it was the first junk needle Callahan had let near her.”
      “Often we artists are a solitary lot, preferring to keep our work to ourselves until we deem it fit for sharing.”
      “Culinary relativism is no longer an excuse for preferring gefilte fish to seafood quenelles.”
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