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A Word A Day : Prepossess
Word of 10th July 2007: A Word A Day-Prepossess
Prepossess
Prepossess (PREE puh ZES): to preoccupy, to influence beforehand or prejudice, to make a good impression on beforehand
This word has several common meanings. Be careful.
When a person is prepossessed by an idea, he or she can't get it out of his or her mind.
My dream of producing energy from old chewing gum wrappers prepossessed me, and I lost my job, my home, my wife and my children.
Experience has prepossessed Larry's mother not to believe him when he said that someone else had broken the window. Larry had broken it every other time, so she assumed that he had broken it this time.
The new girl in the class was extremely prepossessing. The minute she walked into the room, all the boys rushed over to introduce themselves.
Unprepossessing means unimpressive, but the word is only mildly negative.
The quaint farmhouse had an unprepossessing exterior, but a beautiful interior. Who would have imagined?
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