prepossessed

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The time had been when Mr Disraeli's attacks on her friend Sir Robert Peel had prepossessed her greatly against him.

From Queen Victoria As I Knew Her by Martin, Sir Theodore

She could not help being prepossessed in Brian's favour by the first glimpse of his expressive, clever-looking, worn face.

From Niece Catherine by Hampden, Mary

Nearly all were prepossessed in his favour, and several women were overheard to express hopes that they would not hang so good-looking a man.

From Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III by M. Y. Halidom (pseud. Dryasdust)

They seemed prepossessed in his favor, and were exceedingly kind, and even assiduous, in rendering him every needed assistance in his studies.

From Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou by Ballou, Maturin Murray

How could I reproach Sinclair for submitting to the spell that governed him, when it was impossible for me—a stranger, and one certainly not prepossessed in her favor—to resist it?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various