prefer

verb (prefers, preferring, preferred)

• 1like (one thing or person) better than another or others; tend to choose:I prefer Venice to Rome [with infinitive]:I would prefer to discuss the matter in private [with clause]:Val would presumably prefer that you didn’t get arrested

• 2 formal submit (a charge or a piece of information) for consideration:the police will prefer charges

• 3 archaic promote or advance (someone) to a prestigious position:he was eventually preferred to the bishopric of Durham