Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to prepossess
Participle: prepossessed
Gerund: prepossessing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | prepossess |
| you | prepossess |
| he;she;it | prepossesses |
| we | prepossess |
| you | prepossess |
| they | prepossess |
Perfect
| I | have prepossessed |
| you | have prepossessed |
| he;she;it | has prepossessed |
| we | have prepossessed |
| you | have prepossessed |
| they | have prepossessed |
Past
| I | prepossessed |
| you | prepossessed |
| he;she;it | prepossessed |
| we | prepossessed |
| you | prepossessed |
| they | prepossessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had prepossessed |
| you | had prepossessed |
| he;she;it | had prepossessed |
| we | had prepossessed |
| you | had prepossessed |
| they | had prepossessed |
Future
| I | will prepossess |
| you | will prepossess |
| he;she;it | will prepossess |
| we | will prepossess |
| you | will prepossess |
| they | will prepossess |
Future Perfect
| I | will have prepossessed |
| you | will have prepossessed |
| he;she;it | will have prepossessed |
| we | will have prepossessed |
| you | will have prepossessed |
| they | will have prepossessed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | prepossess |
| you | prepossess |
| he;she;it | prepossess |
| we | prepossess |
| you | prepossess |
| they | prepossess |
Perfect
| I | have prepossessed |
| you | have prepossessed |
| he;she;it | have prepossessed |
| we | have prepossessed |
| you | have prepossessed |
| they | have prepossessed |
Imperfect
| I | prepossessed |
| you | prepossessed |
| he;she;it | prepossessed |
| we | prepossessed |
| you | prepossessed |
| they | prepossessed |
Pluperfect
| I | had prepossessed |
| you | had prepossessed |
| he;she;it | had prepossessed |
| we | had prepossessed |
| you | had prepossessed |
| they | had prepossessed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would prepossess |
| you | would prepossess |
| he;she;it | would prepossess |
| we | would prepossess |
| you | would prepossess |
| they | would prepossess |
Perfect
| I | would have prepossessed |
| you | would have prepossessed |
| he;she;it | would have prepossessed |
| we | would have prepossessed |
| you | would have prepossessed |
| they | would have prepossessed |
Imperative
| you | prepossess |
| we | Let's prepossess |
| you | prepossess |
Verbs conjugated like 'prepossess'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'prepossess'
repossess,
preassess,
dispossess,
possess,
prepose,
preprocess,
reassess,
unpossess,
overassess,
præpose,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1614, "to get possession of beforehand," from pre- + possess (q.v.). Meaning "to possess (a person) beforehand with a feeling, notion, etc." is from 1639; specifically, "to cause (someone) to have a favorable opinion of something" (1647). Prepossessing is from 1642 in sense of "causing prejudice;" opposite meaning "causing agreeable first impression" first recorded 1805.
2. From pre- (prefix meaning ‘before, earlier in time’) + possess.
3. Cognates
4. * Late Latin prepossessus (“seized beforehand”)
Sample Sentences
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[...] so favourably and pleasantly to a stranger at the first glance as this does: with its clean houses of red and white, its well-paved roads, and foot-ways of bright tile. Nor does it become less prepossessing on a closer acquaintance. The streets are broad and airy, the shops extremely good, the private residences remarkable for their elegance and neatness. There is something of invention and fancy in [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)