possess
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Động từ
verb- 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.
(transitive)Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence.
- 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.
(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.
(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.
(archaic, transitive)To occupy the attention or time of (someone).
- 7.
(also, archaic, literary, transitive)To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win.
- 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.
(transitive)To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
- 10.
(obsolete, transitive)To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
- 11.
(obsolete, transitive)To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
- 12.
(obsolete, transitive)To inhabit or occupy (a place).
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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;