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1 Prejudice
v. trans.Dispose favourably: P. εὖ διατιθέναι.Dispose unfavourably: P. κακῶς διατιθέναι.Be prejudiced favourably: P. εὖ διακεῖσθαι.Be prejudiced unfavourably: P. κακῶς διακεῖσθαι.Hermocrates, wishing to prejudice them against the Athenians, spoke as follows: P. ὁ Ἑρμοκρατὴς... βουλόμενος προδιαβαλεῖν τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἔλεγε τοιάδε (Thuc. 6, 75).——————subs.In favour of (a person or thing); P. and V. εὔνοια, ἡ.Dislike: P. and V. φθόνος, ὁ.Create a prejudice against: P. φθόνον συνάγειν (dat.).Injury: P. and V. βλαβή, ἡ; injury.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Prejudice
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2 prejudice
['pre‹ədis] 1. noun((an) opinion or feeling for or especially against something, formed unfairly or unreasonably ie without proper knowledge: The jury must listen to his statement without prejudice; Is racial prejudice (= dislike of people because of their race) increasing in this country?) προκατάληψη2. verb1) (to cause to feel prejudice for or against something.) προκαταλαμβάνω,προδιαθέτω2) (to harm or endanger (a person's position, prospects etc) in some way: Your terrible handwriting will prejudice your chances of passing the exam.) επηρεάζω δυσμενώς,βλάπτω•
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