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possessed
(mass) | possessed
- posadnutý |
possessed
(encz) | possessed,ovládaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
possessed
(encz) | possessed,posedlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Possessed
(gcide) | Possess \Pos*sess"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Possessed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Possessing.] [L. possessus, p. p. of
possidere to have, possess, from an inseparable prep. (cf.
Position) + sedere to sit. See Sit.]
1. To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own
keeping; to have and to hold.
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Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed
again in this land. --Jer. xxxii.
15.
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Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power,
After offense returning, to regain
Love once possessed. --Milton.
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2. 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.
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I am yours, and all that I possess. --Shak.
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3. To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to
gain; to seize.
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How . . . to possess the purpose they desired.
--Spenser.
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4. To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to
fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits,
passions, etc. "Weakness possesseth me." --Shak.
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Those which were possessed with devils. --Matt. iv.
24.
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For ten inspired, ten thousand are possessed.
--Roscommon.
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5. 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.
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I have possessed your grace of what I purpose.
--Shak.
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Record a gift . . . of all he dies possessed
Unto his son. --Shak.
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We possessed our selves of the kingdom of Naples.
--Addison.
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To possess our minds with an habitual good
intention. --Addison.
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Syn: To have; hold; occupy; control; own.
Usage: Possess, Have. Have is the more general word. To
possess denotes to have as a property. It usually
implies more permanence or definiteness of control or
ownership than is involved in having. A man does not
possess his wife and children: they are (so to speak)
part of himself. For the same reason, we have the
faculties of reason, understanding, will, sound
judgment, etc.: they are exercises of the mind, not
possessions.
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possessed
(wn) | possessed
adj 1: influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a
strong emotion; "by love possessed" [syn: obsessed,
possessed(p)]
2: frenzied as if possessed by a demon; "the soldier was
completely amuck"; "berserk with grief"; "a berserk worker
smashing windows" [syn: amuck, amok, berserk,
demoniac, demoniacal, possessed(p)] |
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selfpossessed
(mass) | self-possessed
- pokojný |
dispossessed
(encz) | dispossessed,vyděděný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
self-possessed
(encz) | self-possessed,klidný adj: Zdeněk Brožself-possessed,rozvážný adj: Zdeněk Brožself-possessed,vyrovnaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
All-possessed
(gcide) | All-possessed \All`-pos*sessed"\, a.
Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild.
[Colloq.]
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Dispossessed
(gcide) | Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Dispossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] [Pref.
dis- + possess: cf. F. d['e]poss['e]der.]
To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy
of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to
eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away;
as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
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Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]dispossessed \dispossessed\ adj.
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
Syn: homeless, roofless.
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made a living out of shepherding dispossessed
people from one country to another --James Stern |
dispossessed
(gcide) | Dispossess \Dis`pos*sess"\ (?; see Possess), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Dispossessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispossessing.] [Pref.
dis- + possess: cf. F. d['e]poss['e]der.]
To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy
of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to
eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away;
as, to dispossess a king of his crown.
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Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]dispossessed \dispossessed\ adj.
physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security.
Syn: homeless, roofless.
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made a living out of shepherding dispossessed
people from one country to another --James Stern |
Forepossessed
(gcide) | Forepossessed \Fore`pos*sessed"\ (f[=o]r`p[o^]z*z[e^]st" or
f[=o]r`p[o^]s*s[e^]st"), a.
1. Holding or held formerly in possession. [Obs.]
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2. Preoccupied; prepossessed; pre["e]ngaged. [Obs.]
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Not extremely forepossessed with prejudice. --Bp.
Sanderson.
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Possessed
(gcide) | Possess \Pos*sess"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Possessed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Possessing.] [L. possessus, p. p. of
possidere to have, possess, from an inseparable prep. (cf.
Position) + sedere to sit. See Sit.]
1. To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own
keeping; to have and to hold.
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Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed
again in this land. --Jer. xxxii.
15.
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Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power,
After offense returning, to regain
Love once possessed. --Milton.
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2. 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.
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I am yours, and all that I possess. --Shak.
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3. To obtain occupation or possession of; to accomplish; to
gain; to seize.
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How . . . to possess the purpose they desired.
--Spenser.
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4. To enter into and influence; to control the will of; to
fill; to affect; -- said especially of evil spirits,
passions, etc. "Weakness possesseth me." --Shak.
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Those which were possessed with devils. --Matt. iv.
24.
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For ten inspired, ten thousand are possessed.
--Roscommon.
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5. 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.
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I have possessed your grace of what I purpose.
--Shak.
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Record a gift . . . of all he dies possessed
Unto his son. --Shak.
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We possessed our selves of the kingdom of Naples.
--Addison.
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To possess our minds with an habitual good
intention. --Addison.
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Syn: To have; hold; occupy; control; own.
Usage: Possess, Have. Have is the more general word. To
possess denotes to have as a property. It usually
implies more permanence or definiteness of control or
ownership than is involved in having. A man does not
possess his wife and children: they are (so to speak)
part of himself. For the same reason, we have the
faculties of reason, understanding, will, sound
judgment, etc.: they are exercises of the mind, not
possessions.
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Prepossessed
(gcide) | Prepossess \Pre`pos*sess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepossessed;
p. pr. & vb. n. Prepossessing.]
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1. To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous
possession of. --Dryden.
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2. To preoccupy, as the mind or heart, so as to preclude
other things; hence, to bias or prejudice; to give a
previous inclination to, for or against anything; esp., to
induce a favorable opinion beforehand, or at the outset.
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It created him enemies, and prepossessed the lord
general. --Evelyn.
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Self-possessed
(gcide) | Self-possessed \Self"-pos*sessed"\, a.
Composed or tranquil in mind, manner, etc.; undisturbed.
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Unpossessed
(gcide) | Unpossessed \Unpossessed\
See possessed. |
Unprepossessed
(gcide) | Unprepossessed \Unprepossessed\
See prepossessed. |
dispossessed
(wn) | dispossessed
adj 1: physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of
security; "made a living out of shepherding dispossed
people from one country to another"- James Stern [syn:
dispossessed, homeless, roofless] |
self-possessed
(wn) | self-possessed
adj 1: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and
more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen";
"strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn:
collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected,
self-contained, self-possessed] |
NOT POSSESSED
(bouvier) | NOT POSSESSED. A plea sometimes used in actions of trover, when the
defendant was not possessed of the goods at the commencement of the action.
3 Mann. & Gr. 101, 103.
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