verb/pʁe.kɔ.ni.ze/
to recommend, advocate; to preconise (to announce the appointment of a bishop)
“Elle ne préconisait pas un genre de cure plutôt qu'un autre, pourvu que cette cure fût radicale.” — She did not recommend a particular kind of treatment over another, provided that the treatment was radical.
Synonyms: recommander
Inherited from Middle French, from Medieval Latin preconizō, praeconizāre, from Latin praecō (“crier, herald”, noun).