Prepossessing

4 definitions found

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

  Prepossess \Pre`pos*sess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepossessed};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Prepossessing}.]
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     1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous
        possession of. --Dryden.
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     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.
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              It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord
              general.                              --Evelyn.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prepossessing
       adj : creating a favorable impression; "strong and vigorous and of
             prepossessing appearance"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  70 Moby Thesaurus words for "prepossessing":
     alluring, appealing, appetizing, attracting, attractive, beautiful,
     beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating,
     catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, coquettish,
     delightful, drawing, enchanting, engaging, enravishing,
     enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, exquisite,
     fascinating, favorable, fetching, flirtatious, glamorous,
     good-looking, handsome, heart-robbing, hypnotic, interesting,
     intriguing, inviting, irresistible, lovely, luxurious, magnetic,
     mesmeric, mouth-watering, piquant, pleasing, provocative,
     provoquant, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren,
     sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, taking, tantalizing, teasing,
     tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative,
     voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching