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unprepoˈssessed, ppl. a.
(un-1 8.)
1648Boyle Seraph. Love (1659) 15 That with compos'd and unprepossessed thoughts you may judge of the Object, I propose to you. 1659South Serm. (1679) 72 The Unprepossessed on the one hand, and the well disposed on the other. 1705Stanhope Paraph. I. 39 The Miracle upon Lazarus..which put the unprepossessed Multitudes upon celebrating the Glories of this Mighty Prophet. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ. (1775) I. 67 Being pretty much unprepossessed, there must have been grounds for what struck me the moment I cast my eyes over the parterre. 1818Foster Ess. (1844) I. 468 A mind of..strong intelligence.., entirely unprepossessed with any theory or system.
Hence unprepoˈssessedly adv.
1748Richardson Clarissa III. 211 Had she been left unprepossessedly to herself, she would have shewn favour to me. |