prepossessed

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Laud was greatly prepossessed in Margaret’s favour; he had heard much of her at Ipswich, and had been long anxious to see her.

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard

I had been much prepossessed in his favour not only from Dr. Bruce's high opinion of him but by the unbounded love and reverence which my interpreter has for him.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

Studying them through the glasses, Grahame saw they had an unkempt appearance, and he was not prepossessed in favor of the one whom he took to be the captain.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

Mary’s first interview with the envoys from Elizabeth, prepossessed them both in her favour.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford

The time had been when Mr Disraeli's attacks on her friend Sir Robert Peel had prepossessed her greatly against him.

From Queen Victoria As I Knew Her by Martin, Sir Theodore