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Verbi
- To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
- Of an idea, thought, etc.: to dominate (someone's mind); to strongly influence.
- Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).
- (also, reflexive, chiefly literary and poetic) Of a person: to control or dominate (oneself or someone, or one's own or someone's heart, mind, etc.).
- To dominate (a person) sexually; to have sexual intercourse with (a person).
- To cause an idea, thought, etc., to strongly affect or influence (someone); to inspire, to preoccupy.
- To occupy the attention or time of (someone).
- (also, literary) To obtain or seize (something); to gain, to win.
- (also, reflexive) Chiefly followed by of or with: to vest ownership of something in (oneself or someone); to bestow upon, to endow.
- (law) To have control or possession of, but not to own (a chattel or an interest in land).
- To give (someone) information or knowledge; to acquaint, to inform.
- To have the ability to use, or knowledge of (a language, a skill, etc.)
- To inhabit or occupy (a place).
- Chiefly followed by that: to convince or persuade (someone).
- To dominate sexually; to have sexual intercourse with.
- To inhabit or occupy a place.
Esimerkit
- 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.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | possessed | Partisiipin perfekti | possess'd (vanhahtava) |
| Partisiipin perfekti | possest (vanhentunut) | Partisiipin perfekti | possesst (vanhentunut) |
| Imperfekti | possessed | Imperfekti | possess'd (vanhahtava) |
| Imperfekti | possest (vanhentunut) | Imperfekti | possesst (vanhentunut) |
| Partisiipin preesens | possessing | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | possesses |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | possesseth (vanhahtava) |