possess /pə-zesˈ/

1. To have or hold as owner, or as if owner
2. To have as a quality
3. To seize
4. To obtain
5. To attain (Spenser)
6. To maintain
7. To control
8. To be master of
9. To occupy and dominate the mind of
10. To have sexual intercourse with (a woman)
11. To put in possession (with of, formerly with in)
12. To inhabit, occupy (obsolete)
13. To inform, acquaint
14. To imbue
15. To impress with the notion or feeling
16. To prepossess (obsolete)

possessˈable adjective

possessedˈ adjective

1. In possession
2. Self-possessed
3. Dominated by a spirit that has entered one, or some other irresistible influence

possession /poz-eshˈən/ noun

1. The act, state or fact of possessing or being possessed
2. A thing possessed
3. A subject foreign territory
4. 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

A possessionate monk

possessˈioned adjective

possessˈive adjective

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

1. A possessive adjective or pronoun
2. The possessive case or a word in it

possessˈively adverb

• althorn
• althorns
• although
• altimeter
• altimeters
• altimetrical
• altimetrically
• altimetries
• altimetry
• Altiplano
• altisonant
• altissimo
• altitonant
• altitude
• altitudes
• altitude sickness
• altitudinal
• altitudinarian
• altitudinarians
• altitudinous
• Alt key
• alto
• alto clef
• alto clefs
• altocumuli