| slovo | definícia |
possessing
(mass) | possessing
- ovládanie |
possessing
(encz) | possessing,ovládání n: Zdeněk Brož |
possessing
(encz) | possessing,vlastnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
possessing
(encz) | possessing,vlastnící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Possessing
(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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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
prepossessing
(encz) | prepossessing,přitažlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unprepossessing
(encz) | unprepossessing,neatraktivní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Dispossessing
(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.
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Possessing
(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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Prepossessing
(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.
[1913 Webster]Prepossessing \Pre`pos*sess"ing\, a.
Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor,
esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. --
Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv.
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Prepossessingly
(gcide) | Prepossessing \Pre`pos*sess"ing\, a.
Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor,
esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. --
Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv.
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Unpossessing
(gcide) | Unpossessing \Unpossessing\
See possessing. |
Unprepossessing
(gcide) | Unprepossessing \Unprepossessing\
See prepossessing. |
prepossessing
(wn) | prepossessing
adj 1: creating a favorable impression; "strong and vigorous and
of prepossessing appearance" |
unprepossessing
(wn) | unprepossessing
adj 1: creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression [syn:
unprepossessing, unpresentable] |
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