POSSESS
\pəzˈɛs], \pəzˈɛs], \p_ə_z_ˈɛ_s]\
Definitions of POSSESS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
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have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"
By Princeton University
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have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?"
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have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill; "he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
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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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To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
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To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To be the owner of; to have as a quality; hold in control; as, to possess one's soul in patience; to control mentally; as, anger possessed him; be master of; occupy; seize; as, to possess a city during war.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To have or hold as an owner: to have the control of: to inform: to seize: to enter into and influence.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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