Synonyms of the word prepossess


PREPOSSESSHAVE - IMPRESS - INFLUENCE - OWN - POSSESS - PREJUDICE - PREOCCUPY - WORK

prepossess

  • v. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.
  • v. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give…

have

  • v. (transitive) To possess, own, hold.
  • v. (transitive) To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
  • v. (transitive) To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
  • v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
  • v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) must.
  • v. (transitive) To give birth to.
  • v. (transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  • v. (transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.
  • v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
  • v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
  • v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is…
  • v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
  • v. Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion,…
  • v. (Britain, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
  • v. (Ireland) To be able to speak a language.
  • v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
  • v. To be afflicted with, to suffer from, to experience something negative.
  • v. To trick, to deceive.
  • v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow.
  • v. (transitive) To host someone.

impress

  • v. (transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
  • v. (intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
  • v. (transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
  • v. (transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
  • v. To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
  • v. (figuratively) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
  • v. (transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
  • v. (transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
  • n. The act of impressing.
  • n. An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
  • n. A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
  • n. An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
  • n. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
  • n. A heraldic device; an impresa.
  • n. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which…

influence

  • n. The power to affect, control or manipulate something or someone; the ability to change the development…
  • n. An action exerted by a person or thing with such power on another to cause change.
  • n. A person or thing exerting such power or action.
  • n. (astrology) An element believed to determine someone's character or individual tendencies, caused by the…
  • n. (obsolete) The action of flowing in; influx.
  • n. (electricity) Electrostatic induction.
  • v. (transitive) To have an affect on using gentle or subtle action; to exert an influence upon; to modify,…
  • v. (intransitive) To exert, make use of one's influence.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to flow in or into; infuse; instill.

own

  • v. (transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to.
  • v. (transitive) To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary…
  • v. (intransitive) To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny.
  • v. (transitive) To claim as one's own; to answer to.
  • v. (intransitive) To acknowledge or admit the possession or ownership of.
  • v. (transitive) To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm.
  • v. (transitive) To virtually or figuratively enslave.
  • v. (online gaming, slang) To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn.
  • v. (transitive, computing, slang) To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby…
  • adj. Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to…
  • adj. (obsolete) Peculiar, domestic.
  • adj. (obsolete) Not foreign.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To grant; give.
  • v. (transitive) To admit; concede; acknowledge.
  • v. (transitive) To recognise; acknowledge.
  • v. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To confess.

possess

  • v. (transitive) To have; to have ownership of.
  • v. (transitive) To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
  • v. (transitive, dated, chiefly with of) To vest ownership in (someone); to give someone power or knowledge;…

prejudice

  • n. (countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
  • n. (countable) Any preconceived opinion or feeling, whether positive or negative.
  • n. (countable) An irrational hostile attitude, fear or hatred towards a particular group, race or religion.
  • n. (obsolete) Knowledge formed in advance; foresight, presaging.
  • n. (obsolete) Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment.
  • v. (transitive) To have a negative impact on someone's position, chances etc.
  • v. (transitive) To cause prejudice.

preoccupy

  • v. To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere.

work

  • n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
  • n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
  • n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
  • n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
  • n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
  • n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
  • v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
  • v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
  • v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
  • v. (transitive) To set into action.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
  • v. (intransitive) To ferment.
  • v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
  • v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
  • v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
  • v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
  • v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
  • v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to work.
  • v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
  • v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
  • v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
  • v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

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