prepossess

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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

His talents and accomplishments were of course the cause of this distinction; besides that his personal advantages were such as to prepossess every one in his favor.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 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

I saw him again, as you shall hear, but he failed to prepossess me in his favour.

From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by McFee, William

His appearance and manners were such as at once to prepossess the Spaniards in his favor.

From Elsie in the South by Finley, Martha