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prepossess


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prepossess  \Pre`pos*sess"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Prepossessed}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Prepossessing}.] 
  1.  To  preoccupy,  as  ground  or  land;  to  take  previous 
  possession  of  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  preoccupy,  as  the  mind  or  heart,  so  as  to  preclude 
  other  things  hence  to  bias  or  prejudice;  to  give  a 
  previous  inclination  to  for  or  against  anything  esp.,  to 
  induce  a  favorable  opinion  beforehand,  or  at  the  outset. 
 
  It  created  him  enemies,  and  prepossessed  the  lord 
  general.  --Evelyn. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prepossess 
  v  1:  possess  beforehand 
  2:  cause  to  be  preoccupied;  "The  idea  of  his  failure 
  prepossesses  him" 
  3:  make  a  positive  impression  (on  someone)  beforehand:  "A 
  prepossessing  appearance" 
  4:  influence  (somebody's)  opinion  in  advance  [syn:  {prejudice}] 




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