possess
v 1: have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses
great knowledge about the Middle East"
2: have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in
Florida"; "How many cars does she have?" [syn: own, have,
possess]
3: enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas; "What
possessed you to buy this house?"; "A terrible rage possessed
her"
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Possess \Pos*sess"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Possessed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Possessing.] [L. possessus, p. p. of
possidere to have, possess, from an inseparable prep. (cf.
Position) + sedere to sit. See Sit.]
1. To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own
keeping; to have and to hold.
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Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed
again in this land. --Jer. xxxii.
15.
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Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power,
After offense returning, to regain
Love once possessed. --Milton.
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2. 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.
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I am yours, and all that I possess. --Shak.
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3. To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to
gain; to seize.
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How . . . to possess the purpose they desired.
--Spenser.
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4. To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to
fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits,
passions, etc. "Weakness possesseth me." --Shak.
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Those which were possessed with devils. --Matt. iv.
24.
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For ten inspired, ten thousand are possessed.
--Roscommon.
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5. 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.
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I have possessed your grace of what I purpose.
--Shak.
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Record a gift . . . of all he dies possessed
Unto his son. --Shak.
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We possessed our selves of the kingdom of Naples.
--Addison.
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To possess our minds with an habitual good
intention. --Addison.
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Syn: To have; hold; occupy; control; own.
Usage: Possess, Have. Have is the more general word. To
possess denotes to have as a property. It usually
implies more permanence or definiteness of control or
ownership than is involved in having. A man does not
possess his wife and children: they are (so to speak)
part of himself. For the same reason, we have the
faculties of reason, understanding, will, sound
judgment, etc.: they are exercises of the mind, not
possessions.
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