Prepossess vs Repossess - What's the difference?
prepossess | repossess |
To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.
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; especially, to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
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(legal) To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.
(dated, reflexive) To gain back possession of.
As verbs the difference between prepossess and repossess
is that prepossess is to preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of while repossess is (legal) to reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due.prepossess
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*repossess
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(es)- to repossess oneself of something lost