prepossess
/ˌpriːpəˈzɛs/verb
1To cause (a person) to be preoccupied with or by a feeling, notion, etc.; to preoccupy with or by; to imbue, inspire, or affect strongly beforehand.
2 [with object] To influence (a person) in advance against or in favour of a person or thing; to bias, prejudice. Now also frequently: to make a favourable impression on.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Heywood (c1573–1641), playwright and poet. From pre- + possess.
- unbridle
- unbridled
- unbroken
- unbrokenly
- father confessor
- father figure
- fatherhood
- father-in-law
- fatherland
- fatherless
- fatherlessness
- fatherlike
- fatherliness
- fatherly
- father of the chapel
- Father of the House
- Fathers
- Father's Day
- fathership
- Fathers of the Church
- Father Time
- fathom
- fathomable
- Fathometer
- fathomless