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bias

/ˈbaɪ.əs/ adjective C2
  1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
  2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
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“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.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 61 · C1
I have been taught these two aphorisms in Latin and in Greek; one is, I believe, from Phædrus, and the other from Bias.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 951 · C1

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