bias
/ˈbaɪ.əs/ verb C2- To place bias upon; to influence. · Our prejudices bias our views.
- To give a bias to.
He/she/it biases · Past biased · Past participle biased · -ing form biasing
Verb forms
- Base form
- bias
- He/she/it
- biases
- Past
- biased
- Past participle
- biased
- -ing form
- biasing
From the library
“I will not bias your mind by suggesting theories or suspicions, Watson,” said he; “I wish you simply to report facts in the fullest possible manner to me, and you can leave me to do the theorizing.”
I have been taught these two aphorisms in Latin and in Greek; one is, I believe, from Phædrus, and the other from Bias.
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