prepossess
Example Sentences
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His aim is to explore the Antarctic coast south of Australia and prepossess it for his dominion.
From Time Magazine Archive
This did not prepossess her any more in favor of Luke Walton, whom she regarded as the rival and enemy of her son.
From Luke Walton by Alger, Horatio
Neither did the puff preliminary, which heralded the appearance of this volume, prepossess us strongly in its favour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
It was a type he was by no means fond of, and he was quite aware that circumstances were scarcely likely to prepossess a man of that description in his favour.
From For Jacinta by Bindloss, Harold
Despite so many circumstances to prepossess him in favor of the Americans, he appears not a very ardent admirer of what he witnesses about him.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
