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prepossessed |
1 definition 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.
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