prepossessed
Example Sentences
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Laud was greatly prepossessed in Margaret’s favour; he had heard much of her at Ipswich, and had been long anxious to see her.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
Did not their prepossessed imaginations make them see what did not exist?
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'
Darrell knew the man by sight, having seen him lately hanging about the diggings, and had not been much prepossessed by his appearance.
From Luck at the Diamond Fields by Belgrave, Dalrymple J.
His hair, and the wispy scraps of beard stuck about his parchment-coloured visage, were of a neutral tint; and a snub nose, and projecting lower jaw, in no wise prepossessed one towards the individual.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
On entering cities and villages, inform yourself of such credulous people as are very charitable and prepossessed in our favor.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'
