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To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

ct of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.

To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice. I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave something to reflections than to preoccupy his judgment. Arbuthnot.

Opinion previously formed; prepossession; prejudice. Sir T. Browne.

ress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd. Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. Luke vi. 38.

Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] Dryden.

A Latin preposition signifying for, before, forth. Pro confesso Etym: [L.] (Law), taken as confessed. The action of a court of equity on that portion of the pleading in a particular case which the pleading on the other side does not deny. -- Pro rata. Etym: [L. See Prorate.] In proportion; proportion. -- Pro re nata…

That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository. Woodward.

ay aside; to keep; to sore up; as, to put by money. -- To put down. (a) To lay down; to deposit; to set down. (b) To lower; to diminish; as, to put down prices. (c) To deprive of position or power; to put a stop to; to suppress; to abolish; to confute; as, to put down rebellion of traitors. Mark, how a plain tale shal…

A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint. Mushet.

Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.

The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.

Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity. Shelley.

A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc.

Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.

used, fro receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository. O sacred receptacle of my joys! Shak.

A repository; a storehouse. [Obs.] Ash.

An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law.

To lean; to recline; to repose. [Obs.] J. Allen (1761).

To recover; to regain; to repossess. [Obs.] When their powers, impaired through labor long, With due repast, they had recured well. Spenser.