different between preclude vs prepossess

English

Alternative forms

• præclude (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecludo.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /p???klu?d/, /p?i??klu?d/
• Rhymes: -u?d

Verb

preclude (third-person singular simple present precludes, present participle precluding, simple past and past participle precluded)

1. (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.
   • Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.

Related terms

• preclusion

Derived terms

• precludable
• preclusive

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ude

Verb

preclude

1. third-person singular present indicative of precludere

English

Etymology

pre- +? possess

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?i?p??z?s/

Verb

prepossess (third-person singular simple present prepossesses, present participle prepossessing, simple past and past participle prepossessed)

1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.
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; especially, to induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.

Translations

References

• prepossess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.