Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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PREF'ERABLE, adjective Worthy to be preferred or chosen before something else; more eligible; more desirable. Virtue is far preferable to vice, even for its pleasures in this life.
1. More excellent; of better quality; as, Madeira wine is preferable to claret.
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