prepossession
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A prepossession of this kind was an unhappy one, and easily affiliated itself with the spirit of the house, which was markedly a quarrelsome spirit.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
The countenance and appearance of Chapelle Marteau confirmed any prepossession in his favour.
From Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
This was a literary hallucination, and a remarkable evidence of a favourite position maintained merely by the force of prepossession.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
Should you, therefore, behold another with the eye of prepossession, at least, regard Eliza as a sister, and give her a portion accordingly.
From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia
Predilection, prē-di-lek′shun, n. a choosing beforehand: favourable prepossession of mind: partiality.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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"Common Sense," Vocabulary from the pamphlet
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