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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bias \Bi"as\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Biased} (b[imac]"ast); p. pr
& vb n. {Biasing}.]
To incline to one side to give a particular direction to to
influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should
it have biased any just critic in the counter
direction. --De Quincey.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
biased
adj 1: favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account
of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the
defendant" [syn: {colored}, {one-sided}, {slanted}]
2: excessively devoted to one faction [syn: {one-sided}]
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