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US
/pəˈzɛs/
]
[ UK /pəzˈɛs/ ]
[ UK /pəzˈɛs/ ]
VERB
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have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill
he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East -
have ownership or possession of
How many cars does she have?
He owns three houses in Florida -
enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas
A terrible rage possessed her
What possessed you to buy this house?
How To Use possess In A Sentence
- He's not the fastest player on the books and occasionally he can be a bit casual and sometimes gets caught in possession.
- Indeed, so many of us now possess a handset that mobile phone sales have collapsed.
- The Israelis already possess them, operating disingenuously and outside international norms again, an exceptionalism granted by the United States’ favor andmight. The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists”
- Their passing was sloppy, possession was given away too easily and balls were either spilled or over carried in promising attacks.
- It is a system that is alive, whether or not it possesses all the attributes needed for an organism.
- Seek ye then, fair daughters, the possession of that inward grace, whose essence shall permeate and vitalize the affections, adorn the countenance, make mellifluous the voice, and impart a hallowed beauty even to your motions. Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage
- I promise that I won't let him gain possession of the map.
- An Iron Ancestor is a reanimated and iron - forged dead body possessed by a ghost.
- It then possessed 39 aircraft, 52 seaplanes, and 7 airships.
- The years of youth are given to us only once by the Creator, to be treasured while possessed.
