Definition of "preferring" []

• Present participle of prefer. (verb)

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• "This is why Darwin resisted the use the term preferring the word “transmutation” which I think came originally from Lamarck whose scheme was also progressive but involved environmental mechanisms as well as God-given drives to complexity and spontaneous generation."
• "This idea of evolution was toally alien to Darwin and he refused to use the term preferring “descent with modification” which implied no direction. bystander"
• "Mr. Isherwood however, in preferring to use his coveted editorial pulpit for snarky, unfunny asides -- "I invited a Beatles devotee to join me, but she reacted as if I'd asked her to come along to two weeks of jury duty" -- casually damns Rain with faint, and mostly fudged, praise."