... PREJUDICE—PREPOSSESS. Both these words mean, to incline in one direction or the other for some reason not founded in justice; but by common consent prejudice has come to be used in an unfavorable sense, and prepossess in a favorable one. Thus, we say, "He is prejudiced against ... — The Verbalist • Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
... widower, and childless, in 1868. M. de Boiscoran was at this moment about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, dark complexion, tall, strong, well made, not exactly a handsome man, but having, what was worth more, one of those frank, intelligent faces which prepossess one ... — Within an Inch of His Life • Emile Gaboriau
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