prepossess

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (transitive) Chiefly followed by by or with: to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things.
  2. (broadly, transitive) To cause (someone) to have a previous inclination against, for, or to something; to bias or prejudice; specifically, to induce in (someone) a favourable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To cause (someone) to think a certain way.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To occupy or possess (something) beforehand.
  5. (obsolete, reflexive, transitive) Chiefly followed by of or with: to cause (oneself) to obtain possession of something beforehand, or ahead of someone else.

Traduzioni

προκαταλαμβάνω

predisposar

προδιαθέτω ευνοϊκά

meşgul etmek

zihin meşguliyeti

إشغل

zihnini işgal etmek

προδιαθέτω ευμενώς

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˌpɹiːpəˈzɛs/
Etimologia (Inglese)

From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before, earlier in time’) + possess. Cognates * Late Latin prepossessus (“seized beforehand”)

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