Sentence:  I was no novice in these matters, since he had taken me out of a common bawdy-house, nor had I said one thing to <WSD>prepossess</WSD> him of my virginity 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  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.