Definition of possess

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

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Partnership :: Partnership (n.) A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest.
Transmission :: Transmission (n.) The right possessed by an heir or legatee of transmitting to his successor or successors any inheritance, legacy, right, or privilege, to which he is entitled, even if he should die without enjoying or exercising it..
Noble :: Noble (superl.) Possessing eminence, elevation, dignity, etc.; above whatever is low, mean, degrading, or dishonorable; magnanimous; as, a noble nature or action; a noble heart..
Have :: Have (v. t.) To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm..
Save :: Save (a.) To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
Capable :: Capable (a.) Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will..
Prepossession :: Prepossession (n.) Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions of childhood..
Desirefulness :: Desirefulness (n.) The state of being desireful; eagerness to obtain and possess.
Sapid :: Sapid (a.) Having the power of affecting the organs of taste; possessing savor, or flavor..
Keeper :: Keeper (n.) One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything..
Homomorphism :: Homomorphism (n.) The possession, in one species of plants, of only one kind of flowers; -- opposed to heteromorphism, dimorphism, and trimorphism..
Unfaithful :: Unfaithful (a.) Not possessing faith; infidel.
Amotion :: Amotion (n.) Deprivation of possession.
Secundo-geniture :: Secundo-geniture (n.) A right of inheritance belonging to a second son; a property or possession so inherited.
Large-acred :: Large-acred (a.) Possessing much land.
Whosesoever :: Whosesoever (pron.) The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
Contractility :: Contractility (n.) The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening.
Plesimorphism :: Plesimorphism (n.) The property possessed by some substances of crystallizing in closely similar forms while unlike in chemical composition.
Vest :: Vest (n.) To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts..
Preoccupate :: Preoccupate (v. t.) To prepossess; to prejudice.
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