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prepossess

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌpɹiːpəˈzɛs/Part of speech verbSorted eeopprssssStarts with PEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

Word origin

From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before, earlier in time’) + possess.

Used in a sentence

  • [I]ndeed the Legate [Alberic of Ostia] came not vvith a virgin-judgement, but raviſhed vvith prejudice; being prepoſſeſſed vvith this intent to diſpoſſeſſe him [Rodolphus, or Ralph of Domfront] of his place.
  • A ſurer ſigne of his loſt ſhame he could not have given, then ſeeking thus unſeaſonably to prepoſſeſſe Men of his modeſty.
  • […] I vvas no novice in theſe matters, ſince he had taken me out of a common bavvdy-houſe: nor had I ſaid one thing to prepoſſeſs him of my virginity; […]
    Fanny Hill

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