prejudice

n. முற்சாய்வு, முற்கோள், தப்பெண்ணம், கேடு, தீங்கு, பொல்லாங்கு, ஊறு, இழப்பு, எதிர்ச்சார்பு, (வினை.) தப்பெண்ணம் உண்டுபண்ணு, முன்கூட்டி மனங்கெடு, கேடு உண்டுபண்ணு, தீங்கிழை, பொல்லாங்குப்படுத்து, எதிர்ச்சார்பாக்கு.

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Prej"u*dice n. Etym: [F. préjudice, L. praejudicium; prae before + judicium judgment. See Prejudicate, Judicial.] 1. Foresight. [Obs.] Naught might hinder his quick prejudize. Spenser. 2. An opinion or judgment formed without due examination; prejudgment; a leaning toward one side of a question from other considerations than those belonging to it; an unreasonable predilection for, or objection against, anything; especially, an opinion or leaning adverse to anything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge. Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man. Macaulay. 3. (Law) Defn: A bias on the part of judge, juror, or witness which interferes with fairness of judgment. 4. Mischief; hurt; damage; injury; detriment. Locke. 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.] Etym: [Cf. F. préjudicier. 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