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.
- artificialise
- artificialised
- artificial island
- artificialism
- artificiality
- artificialize
- artificialized
- artificial kidney
- artificial language
- artificial life
- artificial line
- artificial lung
- artificially
- artificial magnet
- artificial manure
- artificial memory
- artificialness
- artificial porcelain
- artificial reality
- artificial respiration
- artificial rubber
- artificial selection
- artificial silk
- artificial sunlight
- artificial surface