England and France might, through their amity, Breed him some
prejudice.
Shak.
Syn. -- Prejudgment; prepossession; bias; harm; hurt; damage;
detriment; mischief; disadvantage.
Prej"u*dice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prejudiced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Prejudicing (?).] [Cf. F. prÈjudicier. 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.