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prejudiced |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prejudice \Prej"u*dice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prejudiced}; p. pr & vb n. {Prejudicing}.] [Cf. F. pr['e]judicier. See {Prejudice}, n.] 1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind of by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an unreasonable bent to as to one side or the other of a cause as to prejudice a critic or a juryman. Suffer not any beloved study to prejudice your mind so far as to despise all other learning. --I. Watts 2. To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias of the mind; hence generally, to hurt; to damage; to injure; to impair; as to prejudice a good cause Seek how may prejudice the foe. --Shak From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prejudiced adj 1: emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices 2: being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand; "a prejudiced judge" [syn: {discriminatory}] [ant: {unprejudiced}]
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