possessedadjective
uk/pəˈzest/us/pəˈzest/possessed adjective (OWNING)
be possessed of sth formal
to own something or have something as a quality:
He was possessed of a large fortune, but sadly no brains to speak of.
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Having and owning - general words
- -owned
- attach to sb/sth
- be endowed with sth idiom
- bear
- bearer
- belong
- belong to sb
- call
- claim
- endow
- glint
- hold
- interest
- mistress
- not/never want for anything idiom
- owner
- ownership
- proprietress
- stake somewhere/sth out
- want
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possessed adjective (CONTROL)
[ after verb ] Someone who is possessed is thought to be controlled by an evil spirit.
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Souls, spirits & ghosts
- apparition
- astral plane
- aura
- chi
- familiar
- ghost
- ghostly
- haunt
- necromancy
- Ouija board
- phantom
- poltergeist
- reincarnation
- spectral
- spectre
- spirit
- spiritualism
- spook
- zombie
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Idiom(s)
like a man/woman possessed