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

His talents and accomplishments were of course the cause of this distinction; besides that his personal advantages were such as to prepossess every one in his favor.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various

He saw two young women in black;—but there was nothing to prepossess him about either of them.

From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony

From this company, most of whom conduct themselves in manner which fails to prepossess us, Mrs. Beauchamp Brown alone emerges with a distinct identity.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 by Various

His appearance and manners were such as at once to prepossess the Spaniards in his favor.

From Elsie in the South by Finley, Martha