Definition for BI'AS

BI'AS, v.t.

To incline to one side; to warp; to give a particular direction to the mind; to prejudice; to prepossess. The judgment is often biased by interest. This word is used by Shakspeare as an adverb, bias and thwart, i. e. aslope; and as an adjective. Blow till thy bias cheek / Outswell the colic of puft Aquilon.

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