Possess(v. t.)
- To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
Possess(v. t.)
- To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book.
Possess(v. t.)
- To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
Possess(v. t.)
- To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.
Possess(v. t.)
- To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively.
Possessable
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Possessingly
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Possession(n.)
- The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
Possession(n.)
- The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
Possession(n.)
- The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
Possession(n.)
- The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.