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prepossess
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prepossess
v.
acquire confidence, acquire trust; impress beforehand
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prepossess
Verb
1. possess beforehand
(hypernym) own, have, possess
2. cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him"
(hypernym) preoccupy
3. make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"
(hypernym) impress
4. influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
(synonym) prejudice
(hypernym) influence, act upon, work
(hyponym) bias, predetermine
(derivation) preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion
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Prepossess
(v. t.)
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.
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.
(v. t.)
To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.
To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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prepossess
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, monopolize, occupy, overrun, preempt, preengage, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, preoccupy, requisition, sit on, soak, squat on, subjugate, sway, take all of, take it all, take over, take possession of, take up, twist, usurp, warp
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, monopolize, occupy, overrun, preempt, preengage, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, preoccupy, requisition, sit on, soak, squat on, subjugate, sway, take all of, take it all, take over, take possession of, take up, twist, usurp, warp
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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prepossess
prepossess /,pri:pə'zes/
- ngoại động từ
- làm thâm nhập, làm nhiễm, làm thấm đầy
- to be prepossessed with wrong ideas: nhiễm đầy những tư tưởng sai lầm, bị thâm nhập những tư tưởng sai lầm
- xâm chiếm, choán (ý nghĩ, tâm hồn...)
- làm cho có thiên kiến, làm cho có ý thiên về
- to be prepossessed in someone's favour: có ý thiên về ai
- làm thâm nhập, làm nhiễm, làm thấm đầy
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