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Prepossessing
Prepossess Pre`pos*sess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Prepossessing.] 1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of. --Dryden. 2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset. It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord general. --Evelyn.
Prepossessing
Prepossessing Pre`pos*sess"ing, a. Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. -- Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv.
Prepossessingly
Prepossessing Pre`pos*sess"ing, a. Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. -- Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv.

Meaning of Possessing from wikipedia

- sovereign states are generally understood to possess nuclear weapons, though only eight formally acknowledge possessing them. Five are considered to be nuclear-weapon...
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- countries including Poland and Sweden. The working title of "Everything I Possess I Carry With Me", based on the first sentence of the book, was suggested...
- ****: Men Possessing Women is the third nonfiction book by American radical feminist writer and activist Andrea Dworkin. It was published in 1981...
- While the Winchesters discover that Lucifer conceived a child while possessing the President, they are left to guard the child's mother while Mary explores...
- right hands possess", saying " أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ" (literally, "their spouses or what their right hands possess"), while clarifying...
- Possessing the Secret of Joy is a 1992 novel by Alice Walker. It tells the story of Tashi, an African woman and a minor character in Walker's earlier novel...
- a major antagonist and variant of the villainous stock character who possesses superpowers. The character type is sometimes found in comic books and...
- home to the highest tea plantation in the world with the tea grown here possessing a special flavour and freshness because of the high altitude.[citation...
- Strange Tales and other Marvel comics. The Fantastic Four is regarded as possessing one of the strongest rogues' galleries in Marvel Comics. Stan Lee and...