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prepossessing

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13 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted eeginopprssssStarts with PEnds with G0 clues
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Definitions

  1. creating a favorable impression

Word origin

From prepossess + -ing. Attested in 1610s with the meaning of "getting possession of (ground or land) beforehand". The meaning "to possess (a person) beforehand with a feeling, notion, etc." developed in 1630s, acquiring by the 40s of the same century the meaning of "to cause (someone) to have a favorable opinion of something, preoccupy the mind or heart of".

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  • "I am a great advocate for timidity—and I am sure one does not often meet with it.—But in those who are at all inferior, it is extremely prepossessing."
  • These natural graces in the quadroon are often united with beauty of the most dazzling kind, and in almost every case with a personal appearance prepossessing and agreeable.
  • In repose the faces of the men were intelligent and dignified, those of the women ofttimes prepossessing.

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