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Webster 1913 Edition

Prepossessing

Preˊpos-sess′ing

,
Adj.
Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive;
as, a
prepossessing
manner
.
–
Preˊpos-sess′ing-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prepossessing

PREPOSSESS'ING

,
ppr.
Taking previous possession.
1.
a. Tending to invite favor; having power to secure the possession of favor, esteem or love. The countenance, address and manners of a person are sometimes prepossessing on a first acquaintance.

Definition 2024

prepossessing

prepossessing

English

Adjective

prepossessing ‎(not comparable)

  1. Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner.
    • 1836, Dickens, Sketches by Boz, The curate. The old lady. The half-pay captain
      Our curate is a young gentleman of such prepossessing appearance, and fascinating manners, that within one month after his first appearance in the parish, half the young-lady inhabitants were melancholy with religion, and the other half, desponding with love.
    • 1852, H. B. Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, chapter 2
      These natural graces in the quadroon are often united with beauty of the most dazzling kind, and in almost every case with a personal appearance prepossessing and agreeable.

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References

  • prepossessing in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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