prepossession
Example Sentences
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Above all, the critic should be impartial, and by no means allow himself to be biassed by either prejudice or prepossession, whether personal or political.
Should you, therefore, behold another with the eye of prepossession, at least, regard Eliza as a sister, and give her a portion accordingly.
From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia
He should feel inspired with a strong and awful prepossession in its favor.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
This prepossession dominated all professional naval minds in all countries, until the outbreak of the Great War.
From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.
A prepossession of this kind was an unhappy one, and easily affiliated itself with the spirit of the house, which was markedly a quarrelsome spirit.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
