| 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. |
| Possessed |
imp. & p. p. |
of Possess |
| Possessing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Possess |
| 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. |
| Possession |
v. t. |
To invest with property. |
| Possessionary |
a. |
Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession. |
| Possessioner |
n. |
A possessor; a property holder. |
| Possessioner |
n. |
An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars. |
| Possessival |
a. |
Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination. |
| Possessive |
a. |
Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession. |
| Possessive |
n. |
The possessive case. |
| Possessive |
n. |
A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case. |
| Possessively |
adv. |
In a possessive manner. |
| Possessor |
n. |
One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor. |
| Possessory |
a. |
Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord. |
