prepossess
verb
pre·pos·sess ˌprē-pə-ˈzes 
also -ˈses
prepossessed; prepossessing; prepossesses
transitive verb
1
obsolete : to take previous possession of
2
: to cause to be preoccupied
3
: to influence beforehand especially favorably
Word History
First Known Use
1609, in the meaning defined at sense 2
prepossess
verb
as in to influence
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- influence
- dispose
- predispose
- incline
- persuade
- prejudice
- convince
- suggest
- bias
- turn
- poison
- gymnadeniae
- gymnadenias
- gymnadeniopses
- Gymnadeniopsis
- gymnadeniopsises
- gymnadeniopsisses
- Gymnanthes
- gymnanthous
- Gymnarchus
- gymnasia
- gymnasial
- gymnasiarch
- gymnasiarchs
- gymnasiast
- gymnasiasts
- gymnasium
- gymnasiums
- gymnast
- gymnastic
- gymnastically
- gymnasticcer
- gymnasticcest
- gymnasticer
- gymnasticest
- gymnastics