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  • 31prepossessing — prepossessingly, adv. prepossessingness, n. /pree peuh zes ing/, adj. that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man. [1635 45; PREPOSSESS + ING2] * * * …

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  • 32Minucius Felix — • Christian apologist, flourished between 160 and 300; the exact date is not known Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Minucius Felix     Minucius Felix      …

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  • 33prejudice — prej·u·dice 1 / pre jə dəs/ n [Old French, from Latin praejudicium previous judgment, damage, from prae before + judicium judgment] 1: injury or detriment to one s legal rights or claims (as from the action of another): as a: substantial… …

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  • 34arrogate — I verb accroach, adopt, annex, appropriate, ascribe falsely, assume, assume command, attach, collect, commandeer, convert, demand, deprive, expropriate, harass, hijack, impress, infringe, invade, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, seize, sequester,… …

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  • 35forejudge — I verb assume, be prejudiced, be rash, decide in advance, determine in advance, have a bias, have a prejudice, have a prepossession, judge beforehand, judge in advance, jump to a conclusion, preconceive, preconclude, predecide, predetermine,… …

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  • 36preconceive — I verb anticipate, assume, be biased, be jaundiced, be prejudiced, forejudge, foresee, have a bias, have foreknowledge, incline, intuit, judge beforehand, jump to a conclusion, praeiudicare, preapprehend, precognize, preconclude, predecide,… …

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  • 37slant — I verb angle, bias, color, distort, doctor, embroider, exaggerate, falsify, incline, interpret falsely, misapply, miscolor, misconstrue, misdirect, misinterpret, misquote, misrender, misrepresent, misstate, overstate, pervert, predispose,… …

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  • 38accroach — Synonyms and related words: adopt, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, colonize, commandeer, confiscate, conquer, encroach, enslave, expropriate, hog, indent, infringe, invade, jump a claim, make free with, make use of, monopolize, occupy,… …

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  • 39adopt — Synonyms and related words: Americanize, Anglicize, accept, acculturate, acculturize, admit, affect, affiliate, appropriate, approve, arrogate, assimilate, assume, carry, colonize, confer citizenship, conquer, copy, derive from, domesticate,… …

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  • 40appropriate — Synonyms and related words: a propos, absorb, abstract, acceptable, according to Hoyle, accroach, ad rem, adapted, admissible, adopt, advantageous, advisable, agreeable, allocate, allot, and, annex, appertaining, applicable, applying, appoint,… …

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