(to) prepossess
1Prepossess — Pre pos*sess , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepossessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepossessing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to… …
2prepossess — index forejudge, preconceive, slant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3prepossess unfavorably — index prejudice (influence) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4prepossess — 1610s, to get possession of beforehand, from PRE (Cf. pre ) + POSSESS (Cf. possess). Meaning to possess (a person) beforehand with a feeling, notion, etc. is from 1630s; specifically, to cause (someone) to have a favorable opinion of something… …
5prepossess — [prē΄pə zes′] vt. 1. Obs. to take or occupy beforehand or before another 2. to preoccupy beforehand to the exclusion of later thoughts, feelings, etc. 3. to prejudice or bias, esp. favorably 4. to impress favorably at once prepossession n …
6prepossess — transitive verb Date: 1614 1. obsolete to take previous possession of 2. to cause to be preoccupied 3. to influence beforehand especially favorably …
7prepossess — /pree peuh zes /, v.t. 1. to possess or dominate mentally beforehand, as a prejudice does. 2. to prejudice or bias, esp. favorably. 3. to impress favorably beforehand or at the outset. [1605 15; PRE + POSSESS] * * * …
8prepossess — verb a) To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. b) 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… …
9prepossess — Synonyms and related words: absorb, adopt, appropriate, arrogate, assume, bend, bias, busy, colonize, conquer, distort, engage, engross, enslave, hog, imbue, immerse, indent, influence, involve, jaundice, jump a claim, make free with, make use of …
10prepossess — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To cause to have a prejudiced view: bias, jaundice, prejudice, warp. See AFFECT, STRAIGHT …