prepossess

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His aim is to explore the Antarctic coast south of Australia and prepossess it for his dominion.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was regarded as a threat, and did not help to prepossess the members favorably in regard to the feeling with which the king was to meet them.

From Charles I Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

In this Disguise you take a full Aim, and by presenting your Readers with a Prologue to your own Praise, you would prepossess them with Applause, and fondly surfeit on the Eccho.

From Pamela Censured by Anonymous

Prepossess′ing, tending to prepossess in one's favour: making a favourable impression.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Such as would prepossess our hearers in our favor should be retained and such as would be unpleasant to the majority of people should be trained out of our unconscious use.

From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Tubbs, Frank Herbert