[I]ndeed the Legate [Alberic of Ostia] came not vvith a virgin-judgement, but raviſhed vvith prejudice; being prepoſſeſſed vvith this intent to diſpoſſeſſe him [Rodolphus, or Ralph of Domfront] of his place.
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Prepossess
//ˌpɹiːpəˈzɛs//
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Greek
1 entries- προκαταλαμβάνω verb (to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things)
Russian
2 entries- подкупа́ть verb (to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things)
- подкупи́ть verb (to preoccupy (someone) in an emotional or mental way, so as to preclude other things)
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A ſurer ſigne of his loſt ſhame he could not have given, then ſeeking thus unſeaſonably to prepoſſeſſe Men of his modeſty.
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[…] I vvas no novice in theſe matters, ſince he had taken me out of a common bavvdy-houſe: nor had I ſaid one thing to prepoſſeſs him of my virginity; […]
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So Juſtice, which ſhould runne downe like a ſtreame, though it ariſeth out of a pure Fountaine, out of the breaſt of a ſincere and incorrupted Judge; yet if formerly it hath paſſed through the Mines of Gold and Silver, I meane, through bad Servants, who have taken bribes to prepoſſeſſe the Judge their Maſter with the prejudice of falſe informations, Juſtice hereby may be ſtrangely perverted and corrupted.
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