All-possessed :: All-possessed (a.) Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.

Dispossess :: Dispossess (v. t.) To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown..

Dispossessed :: Dispossessed (imp. & p. p.) of Disposses.

Dispossessing :: Dispossessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disposses.

Dispossession :: Dispossession (n.) The act of putting out of possession; the state of being dispossessed.

Dispossession :: Dispossession (n.) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster..

Dispossessor :: Dispossessor (n.) One who dispossesses.

Forepossessed :: Forepossessed (a.) Holding or held formerly in possession.

Forepossessed :: Forepossessed (a.) Preoccupied; prepossessed; preengaged.

In Posse :: In posse () In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse..

Posse :: Posse (n.) See Posse comitatus.

Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..

Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () A collection of people; a throng; a rabble.

Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.

Possess :: Possess (v. t.) 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..

Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.

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

Possess :: Possess (v. t.) 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..

Possessed :: Possessed (imp. & p. p.) of Posses.

Possessing :: Possessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posses.

Possession :: Possession (n.) The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own..

Possession :: Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful..

Possession :: Possession (n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions..

Possession :: Possession (n.) The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession..

Possession :: Possession (v. t.) To invest with property.

Possessionary :: Possessionary (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.

Possessioner :: Possessioner (n.) A possessor; a property holder.

Possessioner :: Possessioner (n.) An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars..

Possessival :: Possessival (a.) Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination..

Possessive :: Possessive (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.

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