Prejudicing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prejudice \Prej"u*dice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prejudiced}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Prejudicing}.] [Cf. F. pr['e]judicier. See
     {Prejudice}, n.]
     1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions
        formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the
        mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an


        unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a
        cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman.
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              Suffer not any beloved study to prejudice your mind
              so far as to despise all other learning. --I. Watts
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     2. To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias
        of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to
        injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause.
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              Seek how may prejudice the foe.       --Shak
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