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prepossess

/pree-puh-zes/US // ˌpri pəˈzɛs //UK // (ˌpriːpəˈzɛs) //

蓄势待发,蓄谋已久,蓄养,蓄谋已久的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to possess or dominate mentally beforehand, as a prejudice does.
    • : to prejudice or bias, especially favorably.
    • : to impress favorably beforehand or at the outset.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inprejudice
Forms: prepossessed, prepossessing
as injaundice
Forms: prepossessed, prepossessing

Examples

  • But still there have been great acts of cruelty committed; quite enough to prepossess us against you as a body.

  • His countenance wore a reckless look that did not serve to prepossess him with the people at whose mercy he stood.

  • In fact, my appearance was by no means calculated to prepossess people in my favour.

  • His stay was not very long; not one of us divined the object of his visit, and he did not prepossess us favourably.

  • I am not going to prepossess you against even our village scold, by telling her name.