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Definition of Prepossessing

Prepossessing
Prepossess Pre`pos*sess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Prepossessing.] 1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. --Dryden. 2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset. It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord general. --Evelyn.
Prepossessing
Prepossessing Pre`pos*sess"ing, a. Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. -- Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv.

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- Trilogy". Playbill. Russell, Candice (December 25, 1988). "Fierstein as Prepossessing 'Torch Song' Character". Sun Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale. p. 1D. ProQuest 389363600...
- looked exactly how an evil Time Lady should appear ... O'Mara had a prepossessing sense of evil about her, a seductive look that could be both a sneer...
- Movie Scene". Omaha World-Herald. November 3, 1968. One of the more prepossessing actresses of the younger generation is Alabama-born Sondra Locke......
- that Yo****sune was considered by contemporaries to be not physically prepossessing, but that his legend later grew and due to this, he became depicted...
- bow to American audiences. As a result of her ability, her undeniable prepossessing appearance and her expensive taste in fur coats, she steals most of...
- accurate picture that he draws." Schonberg added: "Beth Harmon may not be prepossessing, but she has the dedication of a Biblical saint, a freak memory and...
- the customs and functions of the private bankers in a favorable and prepossessing light, it was he." Kahn was a trustee of the M****achusetts Institute...
- 1878 history of Wayne County, Ohio, characterized Wooster as "a man of prepossessing appearance, of rare intellectual culture and accomplished education...
- commented that Steiger's "slow, rolling delivery" was more "numbing than prepossessing", though a critic from Variety thought it an "exceptional performance...
- temper, in conversation serious and instructive. His exterior was highly prepossessing, his countenance handsome and his manners engaging." He married in 1252...