prepossess.
Chiefly followed by by or with: to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things.
Meaning & usage
Chiefly followed by by or with: to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things.
To cause (someone) to have a previous inclination against, for, or to something; to bias or prejudice; specifically, to induce in (someone) a favourable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
To cause (someone) to think a certain way.
To occupy or possess (something) beforehand.
Chiefly followed by of or with: to cause (oneself) to obtain possession of something beforehand, or ahead of someone else.
to prepossess oneself of land
Where this word comes from
From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before, earlier in time’) + possess. Cognates * Late Latin prepossessus (“seized beforehand”)
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