transitive. To advance (a person) to a particular position or status in life; spec. to settle in marriage. Cf. preferment, n. 4. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > settle in marriage (2) prefer1548 transitive. To advance (a person) to a particular position or status in life; spec. to settle in marriage. Cf. preferment, n. 4. Obsolete. settle1573 To establish (a person) in the matrimonial state. to settle in the world; to settle in life (see life, n. 12f). Now chiefly reflexive and in passive. |
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