prepossess
动词 v.
英 /ˌpɹiːpəˈzɛs/
美 /ˌpɹipəˈzɛs/
英文释义
动词 v.
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Chiefly followed by by or with: to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things.
— [I]ndeed the Legate [Alberic of Ostia] came not vvith a virgin-judgement, but raviſhed vvith prejudice; being prepoſſeſſed vvith this intent to diſpoſſeſſe him [Rodolphus, or Ralph of Domfront] of his place.Fanny Hill
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To cause (someone) to have a previous inclination against, for, or to something; to bias or prejudice; specifically, to induce in (someone) a favourable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
— So Juſtice, which ſhould runne downe like a ſtreame, though it ariſeth out of a pure Fountaine, out of the breaſt of a ſincere and incorrupted Judge; yet if formerly it hath paſſed through the Mines of Gold and Silver, I meane, through bad Servants, who have taken bribes to prepoſſeſſe the Judge their Maſter with the prejudice of falſe informations, Juſtice hereby may be ſtrangely perverted and corrupted.
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To cause (someone) to think a certain way.
— [T]his brief Inventory I have here given as preparatory to vvhat follovvs, and to pre-poſſeſs the Reader, 1. That a natural Indagation according to the light of natural Reaſon touching the Origination of ſuch a Creature as this, is no contemptible or unvvorthy enquiry.
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To occupy or possess (something) beforehand.
— All paſſages out of their campe Martius [Gaius Lucius Marcius Septimus] hath prepoſſeſſed, ſo that there is no vvay to eſcape, ſaue by leaping dovvne the Rampart: […]
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Chiefly followed by of or with: to cause (oneself) to obtain possession of something beforehand, or ahead of someone else.
— to prepossess oneself of land
词汇关系
词源
From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before, earlier in time’) + possess.
Cognates
* Late Latin prepossessus (“seized beforehand”)
Cognates
* Late Latin prepossessus (“seized beforehand”)
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