possess

English

Etymology

• From Latin possessus, past participle of possīdeō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

possess (third-person singular simple present possesses, present participle possessing, simple past and past participle possessed)

1. (transitive) To have; to have ownership of.

   He does not even possess a working telephone.

2. (transitive) To take control of someone's body or mind, especially in a supernatural manner.

   They thought he was possessed by evil spirits.

3. (transitive, dated, with of) To vest ownership in (someone) with ownership.

Synonyms

• ((with of), to vest ownership): seise
• (qualities or characteristics): inhold

Translations

to have; to have ownership of

Arabic: ملك (ar) (málaka), امتلك (ar) (imtálaka), تملك (ar) (tamállaka) Chinese: Mandarin: 抱有 (cmn) (bàoyǒu), 具有 (zh) (jùyǒu), 所有 (zh) (suǒyǒu), 具備 (zh), 具备 (zh) (jùbèi), 擁有 (zh), 拥有 (zh) (yōngyǒu) Czech: vlastnit (cs) Danish: besidde (da), eje (da) Esperanto: posedi (eo) (own); havi (eo) (have) Finnish: omistaa (fi) French: posséder (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: besitzen (de)

Hungarian: bír (hu), birtokol (hu), van (hu) Japanese: 所持する (ja) (しょじする, shoji suru); 所有する (ja) (しょゆうする, shoyū suru), 占有する (ja) (せんゆうする, senyū suru) Latin: habeo (la), possideo (la), teneo (la) Norwegian: inneha (no) Polish: posiadać (pl) Portuguese: possuir (pt) Russian: обладать (ru) (obladát’) impf., владеть (ru) (vladét’) impf., иметь (ru) (imét’) Spanish: poseer (es) Turkish: sahip olmak (tr)

to take control of someone's body or mind

Danish: besætte (da) Finnish: ottaa valtaansa (fi) French: posséder (fr), s'emparer de (fr): to get a hold of German: besessen (de) sein Hungarian: hatalmába kerít (hu)

Japanese: 支配する (ja) (しはいする, shihai suru), 取り憑く (ja) (とりつく, toritsuku) Latin: teneo (la) Polish: opętać (pl) Spanish: poseer (es)

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Arabic: ملك (málaka) Bulgarian: притежавам (pritežavam) Mandarin: 拥有 (yōngyǒu) Dutch: bezitten (nl)

Italian: possedere Korean: 가지다 (gajida) Norwegian: inneha Portuguese: possuir Swedish: äga