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1 prepossess
verb \/ˌpriːpəˈzes\/gjøre forutinntatt, forutinnta, påvirkebe prepossessed by få et godt inntrykk avprepossess somebody against gjøre noen negativt innstilt tilprepossess somebody for\/in favour of\/towards gjøre noen velvillig\/positivt innstilt tilprepossess with fylle med, inngi• prepossess somebody with a feeling that...inngi noen en følelse av at...
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prepossess — 1610s, to get possession of beforehand, from PRE (Cf. pre ) + POSSESS (Cf. possess). Meaning to possess (a person) beforehand with a feeling, notion, etc. is from 1630s; specifically, to cause (someone) to have a favorable opinion of something… … Etymology dictionary
prepossess — Synonyms and related words: absorb, adopt, appropriate, arrogate, assume, bend, bias, busy, colonize, conquer, distort, engage, engross, enslave, hog, imbue, immerse, indent, influence, involve, jaundice, jump a claim, make free with, make use of … Moby Thesaurus
Prejudice — Prej u*dice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prejudiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prejudicing}.] [Cf. F. pr[ e]judicier. See {Prejudice}, n.] 1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the mind… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prejudiced — Prejudice Prej u*dice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prejudiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prejudicing}.] [Cf. F. pr[ e]judicier. See {Prejudice}, n.] 1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Prejudicing — Prejudice Prej u*dice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prejudiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prejudicing}.] [Cf. F. pr[ e]judicier. See {Prejudice}, n.] 1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Minucius Felix — • Christian apologist, flourished between 160 and 300; the exact date is not known Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Minucius Felix Minucius Felix … Catholic encyclopedia
bend — Synonyms and related words: L, S curve, aberrancy, aberration, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, achievement, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, affect, agree with, aim, aim at, alerion, angle, angle off, animal charge, annulet, apex, apply … Moby Thesaurus
occupy — Synonyms and related words: abide, absorb, absorb the attention, admit, adopt, amuse, appropriate, arrest, arrogate, assimilate, assume, attend to business, be enfeoffed of, be possessed of, be seized of, beguile, berth, bespread, boast, bunk,… … Moby Thesaurus
prejudice — prej·u·dice 1 / pre jə dəs/ n [Old French, from Latin praejudicium previous judgment, damage, from prae before + judicium judgment] 1: injury or detriment to one s legal rights or claims (as from the action of another): as a: substantial… … Law dictionary
overrun — Synonyms and related words: adopt, appropriate, arrogate, assume, attack, balance, beat, beset, bespread, blitz, bonus, branch, branch out, bud, burgeon, burst forth, cascade, cataract, clobber, colonize, compose, conquer, crawl with, creep with … Moby Thesaurus
appropriate — Synonyms and related words: a propos, absorb, abstract, acceptable, according to Hoyle, accroach, ad rem, adapted, admissible, adopt, advantageous, advisable, agreeable, allocate, allot, and, annex, appertaining, applicable, applying, appoint,… … Moby Thesaurus