Definition of possess

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

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Burgess :: Burgess (n.) An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough..
Isobathythermic :: Isobathythermic (a.) Of or pertaining to an isobathytherm; possessing or indicating the same temperature at the same depth.
Having :: Having (n.) Possession; goods; estate.
Preoccupate :: Preoccupate (v. t.) To prepossess; to prejudice.
Uninucleated :: Uninucleated (a.) Possessed of but a single nucleus; as, a uninucleated cell..
Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..
Countess :: Countess (n.) The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count..
Surrender :: Surrender (v. t.) To give up possession of; to yield; to resign; as, to surrender a right, privilege, or advantage..
Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low..
Plenipotent :: Plenipotent (a.) Possessing full power.
Possessival :: Possessival (a.) Of or pertaining to the possessive case; as, a possessival termination..
Possessing :: Possessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Posses.
Homographic :: Homographic (a.) Possessing the property of homography.
Outness :: Outness (n.) The state or quality of being distanguishable from the perceiving mind, by being in space, and possessing marerial quality; externality; objectivity..
Enjoyment :: Enjoyment (n.) The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate..
Xanthic :: Xanthic (a.) Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as, xanthic acid..
Cool :: Cool (superl.) Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater..
Self :: Self (n.) The individual as the object of his own reflective consciousness; the man viewed by his own cognition as the subject of all his mental phenomena, the agent in his own activities, the subject of his own feelings, and the possessor of capacities and character; a person as a distinct individual; a being regarded as having personality..
State :: State (n.) Estate, possession..
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..
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