Bi″as, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Biased (bī″ast); p. pr. & vb. n.Biasing.] To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction.
De Quincey.