prepossess

Example Sentences

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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

The neighbourhood of Badajoz did not prepossess me much in favour of the country which I had just entered. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

She presented me, with great formality, to a youth, whose appearance did not greatly prepossess me in favour of his judgement.

From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

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

This was a measure which I could not but approve, and endeavoured by some small presents to prepossess our couriers in our favour.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Mackenzie, Alexander