prepossessing
Significado (Inglés)
- Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive
- (archaic) Causing prejudice.
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Etimoloxía (Inglés)
From pre- + possess. Attested in 1610s with the meaning of "getting possession of (ground or land) beforehand". The meaning "to possess (a person) beforehand with a feeling, notion, etc." developed in 1630s, acquiring by the 40s of the same century the meaning of "to cause (someone) to have a favorable opinion of something, preoccupy the mind or heart of".
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