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eSylvan, Helping Kids Succeed in School. eSylvan provides live, online tutoring in Math & Reading to kids in 3rd - 9th grade. During each online lesson, your child speaks to & learns from one of our certified teachers. Click here for an introductory special offer: http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/36635/114633/114633 <a href="http://by.advertising.com/1/c/62072/36635/114633/114633"< AOL users click here </a< =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Word of the Day for Wednesday November 21, 2001: predilection \preh-d'l-EK-shun; pree-\, noun: A predisposition to choose or like; an established preference. Wilson doesn't see any inconsistency between his socialism and his predilection for the high life. --Marina Cantacuzino, "On deadly ground," [1]The Guardian, March 13, 2001 ... youth's predilection for revolt. --Terry McCarthy, "Lost Generation," [2]Time Asia, October 23, 2000 But for him the first rule of judging was to set aside personal predilection and vote the law and the facts. --Edwin M. Yoder Jr., "Lewis Powell a Fine Sense of Balance," [3]Washington Post, June 29, 1987 _________________________________________________________ Predilection is literally "a liking before," from Latin prae-, "before" + diligere, "to choose; hence to prefer, to like very well." References 1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardian 2. http://www.time.com/time/asia/ 3. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as: susan.w.pereira@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-301289Q@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2001, Lexico LLC.
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