transitive. To transfer by one's own direct act into one's possession or keeping; to gain ownership of; to appropriate.

Of a feudal superior or a sovereign (or one acting on his behalf): To take possession of, confiscate (the property of a vassal or subject). Also, to…

transitive. To get or take possession of (wealth, land, etc.); to have or take control of, rule over (people, a country, etc.); to get hold of (a…

The action or fact of holding something (material or immaterial) as one's own or in one's control; the state or condition of being so held.

To take possession of (something).

transitive. To take possession of, take for one's own use, seize. Also figurative. Obsolete.

To get something by one's own act into one's possession; (with of) to take into one's possession, to become the possessor or owner of, to appropriate.

transitive. To take into one's possession, to acquire; spec. (a) to purchase wholesale, to buy up; (b) to borrow (money) at interest.

To take possession of; to occupy. Obsolete.

transitive. To take (land) into possession; to enclose (common land or wasteland) for cultivation, grazing, etc.; to annex.

transitive. To take possession of, seize, grasp; to come into possession of, obtain, gain, win. Now archaic and literary.

transitive. To take possession of. Obsolete. rare.