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prepossession

[pree-puh-zesh-uhn] / ˌpri pəˈzɛʃ ən /




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But this prominence is also a natural result of the romanticists' prepossession with passion.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.

Such a prepossession of mind must be overcome.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

This prepossession dominated all professional naval minds in all countries, until the outbreak of the Great War.

From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.

He ought to have an enthusiastic prepossession in favour of his candidate. 

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

And his strong and awful prepossession in favor of the Bible led him, first of all, to go to the book.

From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston




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