Dictionary Entry
possess
possess is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
- 2transitive verb
To have the legal title to; to have a just right to; to be master of; to own; to have; as, to possess property, an estate, a book.
- 3transitive verb
To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to gain; to seize.
- 4transitive verb
To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits, passions, etc.
- 5transitive verb
To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively.
- 6verb
have ownership or possession of
"He owns three houses in Florida"
"How many cars does she have?"
- 7verb
have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill
"he possesses great knowledge about the Middle East"
- 8verb
enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas
"What possessed you to buy this house?"
"A terrible rage possessed her"
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