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

The two known traits, which largely comprehend the private life of Churchill, do not prepossess one in his favour.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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

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