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v. To have as property; own.

v. To have as a quality, characteristic, or other attribute: possessed great tact.

v. To acquire mastery of or have knowledge of: possess valuable data.

v. To gain or exert influence or control over; dominate: Fury possessed me.

v. To control or maintain (one's nature) in a particular condition: I possessed my temper despite the insult.

v. To cause to own, hold, or master something, such as property or knowledge: She possessed herself of the unclaimed goods.

v. To cause to be influenced or controlled, as by an idea or emotion: The thought of getting rich possessed him.

v. Obsolete To gain or seize.

v. To have; to have ownership of.

v. To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.

v. To vest ownership in (someone); to give someone power or knowledge; to acquaint; to inform.

v. To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

v. To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have.

v. To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.

v. To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.

v. 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.

To own; have as a belonging, property, characteristic, or attribute.

To seize; take possession of; make one's self master of.

To put in possession; make master or owner, whether by force or legally: with of before the thing, and now generally used in the passive or reflexively: as, to possess one's self of another's secret; to be or stand possessed of a certain manor.

To have and hold; occupy in person; hence, to inhabit.

To occupy; keep; maintain; entertain: mostly with a reflexive reference.

To imbue; impress: with with before the thing.

To take possession of; fascinate; enthrall; affect or influence so intensely or thoroughly as to dominate or overpower: with with before the thing that fills or dominates.

To have complete power or mastery over; dominate; control, as an evil spirit, influence, or passion: generally in the passive, with by, of, or with.

To put in possession of information; inform; tell; acquaint; persuade; convince.

To attain; achieve; accomplish.

Synonyms Have, Possess, Hold, Own, Occupy. Have is the most general of these words; it may apply to a temporary or to a permanent possession of a thing, to the having of that which is one's own or another's: as, to have good judgment; to have another's letter by mistake. Possess generally applies to that which is external to the possessor, or, if not external, is viewed as something to be used: as, to possess a library; if we say a man possesses hands, we mean that he has them to work with; to possess reason is to have it with the thought of what can be done with it. To hold is to have in one's hands to control, not necessarily as one's own: as, to hold a fan or a dog for a lady; to hold a title-deed; to hold the stakes for a contest. To own is to have a good and legal title to; one may own that which he does not hold or occupy and cannot get into his possession, as a missing umbrella or a stolen horse. Occupy is chiefly physical: as, to occupy a house; one may occupy that which he does not own, as a chair, room, office, position.

Holding Corioli in the name of Rome.

v. enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas

v. have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill

v. have ownership or possession of

"The unusual quality they possess is that they are fluoresce in UV light or a common black light and will literally glow in the black light."

possessed    possesses    possessing   

dominate   

have    own    inform    control    keep    affect    convince    not possessed   

prepossess   

control    have    hold    own    occupy    accomplish    gain    seize    fill    affect   

Bess    Es    Etess    Fs    Hess    Hesse    Ins    Jess    Les    Ness   

procure    modicum    meed    acquirement    encourager    hurry    uninfected    destitute    paragon