† empossessv.

Forms: 1500s empossesse, 1500s enpocesse, 1500s enpossess, 1600s empossess.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: em- prefix, possess v.

Etymology: < em- prefix + possess v.On the variation between forms in em- and en- see em- prefix.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To provide with a possession or possessions; to endow with.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > endow

worthOE

goodOE

dow1297

allowc1400

rentc1400

endowc1440

enduec1440

seizec1450

empossessc1500

revestc1500

indot1520

endote1528

dotatec1540

estate1609

instate1614

portion1663

vest1748

fortune1838

c1500 Melusine (1895) 100 And enpossessed them wel for theire sustenaunce.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 99 He..charged them to edyfye..a Priorye of eyghte monkes, them to reueste & empossesse with landis.

1676 P. Le Get Let. 12 Aug. in State Papers Channel Islands (P.R.O.: SP 47/1/39) 2 Mr. Fautrart refused to have the said Tenants Reasons..to bee heard or debated, but absolutely insisted to bee without any Cognizance of Cause Empossest with the whole Purport of Your Ma^ts. said Letters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	empossess
释义	† empossessv. Forms: 1500s empossesse, 1500s enpocesse, 1500s enpossess, 1600s empossess. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: em- prefix, possess v. Etymology: < em- prefix + possess v.On the variation between forms in em- and en- see em- prefix. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To provide with a possession or possessions; to endow with. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > settle (property) [verb (transitive)] > endow worthOE goodOE dow1297 allowc1400 rentc1400 endowc1440 enduec1440 seizec1450 empossessc1500 revestc1500 indot1520 endote1528 dotatec1540 estate1609 instate1614 portion1663 vest1748 fortune1838 c1500 Melusine (1895) 100 And enpossessed them wel for theire sustenaunce. c1500 Melusine (1895) 99 He..charged them to edyfye..a Priorye of eyghte monkes, them to reueste & empossesse with landis. 1676 P. Le Get Let. 12 Aug. in State Papers Channel Islands (P.R.O.: SP 47/1/39) 2 Mr. Fautrart refused to have the said Tenants Reasons..to bee heard or debated, but absolutely insisted to bee without any Cognizance of Cause Empossest with the whole Purport of Your Ma^ts. said Letters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1500
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