PPage 488
- English Word Possess Definition 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.
- English Word Possess Definition To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
- English Word Possess Definition To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.
- English Word Possess Definition 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.
- English Word Possessed Definition of Possess
- English Word Possessing Definition of Possess
- English Word Possession Definition The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
- English Word Possession Definition The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful.
- English Word Possession Definition The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
- English Word Possession Definition The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
- English Word Possession Definition To invest with property.
- English Word Possessionary Definition Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
- English Word Possessioner Definition A possessor; a property holder.
- English Word Possessioner Definition An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars.
- English Word Possessival Definition Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination.
- English Word Possessive Definition Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.
- English Word Possessive Definition The possessive case.
- English Word Possessive Definition A possessive pronoun, or a word in the possessive case.
- English Word Possessively Definition In a possessive manner.
- English Word Possessor Definition One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor.