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prepossess
Overview of verb prepossess
The verb prepossess has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. prepossess -- (possess beforehand)
2. prepossess -- (cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him")
3. prepossess -- (make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance")
4. prejudice, prepossess -- (influence (somebody's) opinion in advance)
Grep of noun prepossess
prepossession
Antonyms of verb prepossess
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prepossess
4 senses of prepossess
Sense 1
prepossess
=> own, have, possess
Sense 2
prepossess
=> preoccupy
=> control, command
Sense 3
prepossess
=> impress
=> affect, impress, move, strike
Sense 4
prejudice, prepossess
=> influence, act upon, work
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb prepossess
1 of 4 senses of prepossess
Sense 4
prejudice, prepossess
=> bias, predetermine
=> bias
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prepossess
4 senses of prepossess
Sense 1
prepossess
=> own, have, possess
Sense 2
prepossess
=> preoccupy
Sense 3
prepossess
=> impress
Sense 4
prejudice, prepossess
=> influence, act upon, work
'Cause To' of verb prepossess
Derived Forms of verb prepossess
1 of 4 senses of prepossess
Sense 4
prejudice, prepossess
RELATED TO>(noun) prepossession#2
=> preconception, prepossession, parti pris, preconceived opinion, preconceived idea, preconceived notion
Domain of verb prepossess
Domain Terms of verb prepossess
Familiarity of verb prepossess
prepossess used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb prepossess
4 senses of prepossess
Sense 1
prepossess
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
prepossess
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
prepossess
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 4
prejudice, prepossess
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb prepossess
4 senses of prepossess
Sense 1
prepossess
> own, have, possess
=> prepossess
Sense 2
prepossess
> preoccupy
=> haunt, obsess, ghost
=> prepossess
Sense 3
prepossess
> impress
=> prepossess
=> wow
Sense 4
prejudice, prepossess
> influence, act upon, work
=> prejudice, prepossess
=> imprint, form
=> militate
=> manipulate, pull strings, pull wires
=> color, colour
=> swing, swing over
=> blackmail, blackjack, pressure
=> carry, persuade, sway
=> get at
=> dominate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb prepossess
Sense 1
prepossess
=> own, have, possess
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Sense 2
prepossess
=> preoccupy
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Sense 3
prepossess
=> impress
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Sense 4
prejudice, prepossess
=> influence, act upon, work
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Grep of verb prepossess
prepossess
Grep of adj prepossess
prepossessing
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