prepossession
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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 Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
And his strong and awful prepossession in favor of the Bible led him, first of all, to go to the book.
From Prisoners of Conscience by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
I cannot take it upon myself to say—I cannot possibly answer—but I do not know of any prepossession in her case, and I am sure she can have no objection to listen to you.
From Pride and Predjudice, a play by Mary Keith Medbery Mackaye
Such a prepossession of mind must be overcome.
From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
This prepossession I afterward found confirmed, not only by her own share in the conversation, but by its effect on myself; I always feel that our intercourse unfolds, not only her powers, but my own.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
Vocabulary lists containing prepossession
"Common Sense," Vocabulary from the pamphlet
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Society and Solitude
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