possess

verbB1

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verb
V_es/s
possesses
V_ing/Gerund
possessing
V_ed/pp
possessedno-table-tags
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.

    He does not even possess a working telephone.

    Đồng nghĩa: inhold

  2. 2.

    (transitive)Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence.

  3. 3.

    (transitive)Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).

    They thought he was possessed by evil spirits.

  4. 4.

    (also, literary, poetic, reflexive, transitive)Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.).

  5. 5.

    (archaic, transitive)To cause an idea, thought, etc., to strongly affect or influence (someone); to inspire, to preoccupy.

    What on earth possessed you to go walking by the quarry at midnight?

  6. 6.

    (archaic, transitive)To occupy the attention or time of (someone).

  7. 7.

    (also, archaic, literary, transitive)To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win.

  8. 8.

    (also, archaic, reflexive, transitive)Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow.

    Đồng nghĩa: seise

  9. 9.

    (transitive)To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).

  10. 10.

    (obsolete, transitive)To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.

  11. 11.

    (obsolete, transitive)To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)

  12. 12.

    (obsolete, transitive)To inhabit or occupy (a place).

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dispossessunpossess

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pótisine-pro From Middle English possessen (to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy), from Middle French possesser, possessier, Old French possesser, possessier (to have, own, possess; to dominate), from Latin possessus (possessed; seized), the perfect passive participle of possideō, from potis (able, capable, possible) (from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (master; ruler;

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