Possess

Meaning

Verb

●

To have (something) as, or

as, an

; to have, to own.

●

Of an

,

, etc.: to

(someone's

); to

influence.

●

Of a

, especially one

as

: to

of (an

or person's body or mind).

●

Of a person: to control or

(oneself or someone, or

own or

,

, etc.).

To

(a person)

; to have

sexual intercourse

with (a person).

●

To cause an

,

, etc; to

or influence (someone); to

, to preoccupy.

●

To

the

or time of (someone).

●

To

or

(something); to

, to win.

●

Chiefly

of or with: to

of something in (oneself or someone); to

upon, to endow.

●

In Law:

To have control or

of, but not to own (a

or an interest in land).

●

To give (someone) information or knowledge; to

, to inform.

●

To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (

, a

, etc.)

●

To

or

(a place).

●

Chiefly

that: to

or

(someone).

●

To

; to have

sexual intercourse

with.

●

To

or

a place.

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