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Definitioner
Verb
- (transitive) To have; to have ownership of.
- (transitive) To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.
- (transitive, dated, with of) To vest ownership in (someone); to give someone power or knowledge; to acquaint; to inform.
Exempel
- He does not even possess a working telephone.
- [...], the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds, which hardly any later friend can obtain.
- He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
- They thought he was possessed by evil spirits.
- LEONATO. I cannot bid you bid my daughter live;
- That were impossible; but, I pray you both,
- Possess the people in Messina here
- How innocent she died;
- [Sir Toby Belch] Possess us, possess us'; tell us something of him.
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