POSSESSION
\pəzˈɛʃən], \pəzˈɛʃən], \p_ə_z_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of POSSESSION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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being controlled by passion or the supernatural
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anything owned or possessed
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(sport) the act of controlling the ball (or puck); "they took possession of the ball on their own goal line"
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the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
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a territory that is controllled by a ruling state
By Princeton University
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being controlled by passion or the supernatural
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anything owned or possessed
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or state of possessing, or holding as one's own.
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The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions.
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The state of being possessed or controlled, as by an evil spirit, or violent passions; madness; frenzy; as, demoniacal possession.
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To invest with property.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of possessing;-actual seizin or occupancy ; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful ;-state of being possessed, as by an evil spirit ;-a country held by no other title than mere conquest;-lands, estate, or goods;-any thing valuable which is possessed or enjoyed ; mental gift or endowment ; personal acquirement or grace.
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