possessibleadj.
/pəˈzɛsᵻbl/, U.S. /pəˈzɛsəb(ə)l/ = possessable adj.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > capable of being possessed
possessible1874
1874 W. Jones N. Test. Illustr. 278 Knowledge of divine things possessible by man.
1908 Daily Chron. 2 June 3/2 We are indebted to him for the Temple Classics, and for other libraries of reprints good to look upon and to possess; and always, thanks to the moderate prices, possessible.
1971 B. Malamud Tenants 151 Because of Irene he lived now with a feeling of more variously possessible possibilities, an optimism that boiled up imagination.
2000 MELUS Autumn 103 Unlike hands, which can write, hold onto, or pass on possessible objects such as texts..tongues make meaning only as they move.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1874- to take for
- to take for a gospel
- to take for a ride
- to take for a sleigh ride
- to take for fable
- to take for gospel
- to take for granted
- to take for scripture
- to take for the gospel
- to take forever
- to take forfeit of
- to take forth
- to take forth one's etc
- to take forth one's journey
- to take forth one's road
- to take forth one's way
- to take freight
- to take french furlough
- to take french leave
- to take fright
- to take garbage to a bear
- to take gas
- to take gate
- to take get trial
- to take go on a sleigh ride