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 was so contrived, that he might gain time to prepossess the Bishop for his purposes.

From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte

Such as would prepossess our hearers in our favor should be retained and such as would be unpleasant to the majority of people should be trained out of our unconscious use.

From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Tubbs, Frank Herbert

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

His countenance wore a reckless look that did not serve to prepossess him with the people at whose mercy he stood.

From That Affair Next Door by Green, Anna Katharine