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Meanings of prepossess in inglés

catalán
predisposar

Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance.

predisposar
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Examples for "prejudice"
Examples for "prejudice"
1
The case was dismissed without prejudice the following year, NBC News reported.
News.com.au
2
They found that whites today simply articulate racial prejudice in new ways.
The South African
3
China hopes Australia takes practical action and corrects its prejudice against China.
News.com.au
4
However, Goddard said the findings were not necessarily evidence of racial prejudice.
The Guardian
5
Northern teenagers are wearing their prejudice on their sleeves, new research shows.
The Irish Times
Usage of prepossess in inglés
1
But again I ask, do not strive to prepossess me against him.
"My Novel" — Volume 12
2
The effect of this bodily grace is to prepossess the beholder.
Etiquette
3
The aspect about was not calculated to prepossess one in favor of the country.
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnigh...
4
But I had an ulterior motive in trying to prepossess him in my favour.
My Life — Volume 2
5
However, he underwent the blame, and it created him enemies, and prepossess'd ye Lo.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 37: August 1665
6
But we are coming to see that to prepossess is better than to dispossess.
Library Work with Children
7
In fact, my appearance was by no means calculated to prepossess people in my favour.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure
8
Somehow or other, this man did not prepossess me.
The Poisoned Pen
9
The tales of terror which had reached his ears did not prepossess him in its favor.
The Man on the Box
10
This was so contrived, that he might gain time to prepossess the Bishop for his purposes.
The Autobiography of Madame Guyon
11
I am not going to prepossess you against even our village scold, by telling her name.
Deerbrook
12
If you prepossess your mind with a theme, you do not give him an even chance.
Gala-Days
13
You want to prepossess him in your favour?
Beyond Good and Evil
14
Their thin and pallid faces did not prepossess me in favour of the life they were leading.
Dick Cheveley: His Adventures and Misadventures
15
An orator should please, conciliate, persuade, prepossess.
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 01
16
His first behaviour under the prosecution, how accurately was it calculated to prepossess one in his favour!
Caleb Williams; Or, Things as They Are
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Translations for prepossess
catalán
predisposar
Prepossess through the time