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
Prepossess′ing, tending to prepossess in one's favour: making a favourable impression.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
His appearance and manners were such as at once to prepossess the Spaniards in his favor.
From Elsie in the South by Martha Finley
In fact, my appearance was by no means calculated to prepossess people in my favour.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
From that time Herbert came to our house daily and knew how to prepossess my sick father so well, that father finally felt a desire for the union himself.
From The Sign of Flame by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
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