Possess Synonyms & Definitions

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• PossessDefinition & Meaning in English

(v. t.) To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
(v. t.) To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in ones own keeping; to have and to hold.
(v. t.) To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.
(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.
(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.

• PossessingDefinition & Meaning in English

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Possess

• PossessionDefinition & Meaning in English

(n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
(v. t.) To invest with property.
(n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in ones power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
(n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
(n.) The act or state of possessing, or holding as ones own.

• PossessoryDefinition & Meaning in English

(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.