Is Prepossess a Verb?

The obsolete verb prepossess originally meant "to get possession of beforehand." By the 1630's, it came to mean "to possess a person beforehand with a feeling or idea," usually in a positive sense.

What is Prepossess?

transitive verb. 1 obsolete : to take previous possession of. 2 : to cause to be preoccupied. 3 : to influence beforehand especially favorably.

Is Prepossess a word?

to possess or dominate mentally beforehand, as a prejudice does. to prejudice or bias, especially favorably.

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