Dictionary.net

being controlled by passion or the supernatural

anything owned or possessed

(sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"

the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

a territory that is controllled by a ruling state

being controlled by passion or the supernatural

anything owned or possessed

The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.

The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.

The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.

To invest with property.

Ownership; occupancy; the thing owned.

Act of possessing: the thing possessed: property: state of being possessed, as by an evil spirit.

Act of possessing; anything owned; control by an evil spirit.

The having, holding of detention of property; the thing possessed; estate, or goods owned; anything valuable, possessed or enjoyed; the state of being possessed or under evil influence. To take possession, to enter on. To give possession, to put in another's power. Writ of possession, a sheriff's precept giving possession of property.

State of owning or having in one's own power; that which is possessed; occupancy; property; state of being under the power of invisible beings; madness.

The condition of being possessed or occupied.

n. Act of possessing;-actual seizin or occupancy ; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful ;-state of being possessed, as by an evil spirit ;-a country held by no other title than mere conquest;-lands, estate, or goods;-any thing valuable which is possessed or enjoyed ; mental gift or endowment ; personal acquirement or grace.