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

Those who have nothing particular about them, excepting being noblemen--and it does prepossess people--have married the most beautiful girls.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

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

The neighbourhood of Badajoz did not prepossess me much in favour of the country which I had just entered. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

This was regarded as a threat, and did not help to prepossess the members favorably in regard to the feeling with which the king was to meet them.

From Charles I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob