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

From this company, most of whom conduct themselves in manner which fails to prepossess us, Mrs. Beauchamp Brown alone emerges with a distinct identity.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 by Various

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

He saw two young women in black;—but there was nothing to prepossess him about either of them.

From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony

To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah