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

Enthusiasm :: Enthusiasm (n.) Inspiration as if by a divine or superhuman power; ecstasy; hence, a conceit of divine possession and revelation, or of being directly subject to some divine impulse..

Livery :: Livery (n.) The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.

Invasion :: Invasion (n.) The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.

Temporalty :: Temporalty (n.) A secular possession; a temporality.

Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession..

Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands..

Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To disturb the self-possession of; to disorder the nerves of; to make ill; as, the fright upset her..

Livery :: Livery (n.) The writ by which possession is obtained.

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) Retention within one's grasp or power; hold; possession; ownership.

Disappropriate :: Disappropriate (a.) Severed from the appropriation or possession of a spiritual corporation.

Hold :: Hold (n.) The act of holding, as in or with the hands or arms; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe; possession; -- often used with the verbs take and lay..

Revest :: Revest (v. t.) To vest again with possession or office; as, to revest a magistrate with authority..

Siege :: Siege (n.) Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession..

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..

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..

Disappropriate :: Disappropriate (v. t.) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To get possession of by force; to capture.

Worldling :: Worldling () A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.

Genitive :: Genitive (a.) Of or pertaining to that case (as the second case of Latin and Greek nouns) which expresses source or possession. It corresponds to the possessive case in English.

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