Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prejudiced"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prejudice \Prej"u*dice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prejudiced}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Prejudicing}.] [Cf. F. pr['e]judicier. See
{Prejudice}, n.]
1. To cause to have prejudice; to prepossess with opinions
formed without due knowledge or examination; to bias the
mind of, by hasty and incorrect notions; to give an
unreasonable bent to, as to one side or the other of a
cause; as, to prejudice a critic or a juryman.
Suffer not any beloved study to prejudice your mind
so far as to despise all other learning. --I. Watts
2. To obstruct or injure by prejudices, or by previous bias
of the mind; hence, generally, to hurt; to damage; to
injure; to impair; as, to prejudice a good cause.
Seek how may prejudice the foe. --Shak
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prejudiced
adj 1: emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices
2: being biased or having a belief or attitude formed
beforehand; "a prejudiced judge" [syn: {discriminatory}]
[ant: {unprejudiced}]
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