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possess
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Possess \Pos*sess"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Possessed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Possessing .] [L. possessus, p. p. of possidere to have, possess, from an inseparable prep. (cf. Position ) + sedere to sit. See Sit .] To occupy in person; to hold or actually ...
Usage examples of possess.
For the mind and the passion of Hitler - all the aberrations that possessed his feverish brain - had roots that lay deep in German experience and thought.
Beauty is abidingly self-enfolded but its lovers, the Many, loving it as an entire, possess it as an entire when they attain, for it was an entire that they loved.
It came to him with the force of a revelation that Cass excelled in everything she did, and that had she not married him all these talents would have died aborning This aroused in him a fierce protectiveness towards her which he had not suspected he possessed.
Next to the merit of infallibility which you appear to possess, I rank that of candidly acknowledging a fault.
It possesses an acrid, biting taste, somewhat like that of the Peppermint, which resides in the glandular dots sprinkled about its surface, and which is lost in drying.
Those three literati were the Marquis Maffei, the Abbe Conti, and Pierre Jacques Martelli, who became enemies, according to public rumour, owing to the belief entertained by each of them that he possessed the favours of the actress, and, being men of learning, they fought with the pen.
Never was an actress found who could replace her, and to find one it would be necessary that she should unite in herself all the perfections which Silvia possessed for the difficult profession of the stage: action, voice, intelligence, wit, countenance, manners, and a deep knowledge of the human heart.
Viviana possessed a certain acuity of mind, then, despite her frail emotional state.
Only noblemen possess the finesse and acuity required to learn the skills of governing eotaurs and the fickle currents of the atmosphere.
He possessed the elegant accomplishments of a poet and orator, which dignify as well as adorn the humblest and the most exalted station.
Does the man make anything of defrauding or defaming or hating another even to death, or of committing adultery with his wife, or of being cruel to him out of revenge, the while having the desire in mind to get the upper hand of all and to possess the goods of all others, thus regarding others in comparison with himself as insignificant and of little worth?
Cooks, New Zealand, and Hawaii all possessed adzes and other cultural features of Eastern Polynesian type.
His breath possessed her mouth, moving in and out in agonizing pulses.
Chemists have determined that the Agrimony possesses a particular volatile oil, and yields nearly five per cent.
The senior Aikido sensei was said to be a most remarkable man, possessed of ki and the leading figure of his discipline but his pupil Sato, though promising, was not of that caliber.