英语词汇“possessions”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

possess /pə-zesˈ/

transitive verb

To have or hold as owner, or as if owner

To have as a quality

To seize

To obtain

To attain (Spenser)

To maintain

To control

To be master of

To occupy and dominate the mind of

To have sexual intercourse with (a woman)

To put in possession (with of, formerly with in)

To inhabit, occupy (obsolete)

To inform, acquaint

To imbue

To impress with the notion or feeling

To prepossess (obsolete)

ORIGIN: OFr possesser, from L possidēre, possessum

possessˈable adjective

possessedˈ adjective

In possession

Self-possessed

Dominated by a spirit that has entered one, or some other irresistible influence

possession /poz-eshˈən/ noun

The act, state or fact of possessing or being possessed
A thing possessed
A subject foreign territory
Control of the ball in football, etc

possessˈional adjective

Relating to possession

possessˈionary adjective

possessˈionate adjective (formal)

Holding or allowed to hold possessions, opp to mendicant

noun

A possessionate monk

possessˈioned adjective

possessˈive adjective

Relating to or denoting possession
Unwilling to share what one has with others
Reluctant to allow another person to be independent of oneself, too inclined to dominate
Genitive (grammar)

noun (grammar)

A possessive adjective or pronoun
The possessive case or a word in it

possessˈively adverb

possessˈiveness noun

Extreme attachment to one's possessions
Desire to dominate another emotionally

possessˈor noun

possessˈorship noun

possessˈory adjective

possession order noun

A court order granting possession of a property

what possesses him, her, etc?

What malign influence causes him, her, etc, to act so foolishly?, what has come over him or her?

writ of possession (law)

A process directing a sheriff to put a person in possession of property recovered in ejectment