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

In fact, my appearance was by no means calculated to prepossess people in my favour.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

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

Those who have nothing particular about them, excepting being noblemen--and it does prepossess people--have married the most beautiful girls.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

This was so contrived, that he might gain time to prepossess the Bishop for his purposes.

From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte